Villa (fly) explained
Villa is a genus of flies belonging to the bee-fly family (Bombyliidae). They range in size from 5to, and have typically rounded heads. The males of some species have a brilliant mat of silvery patagial scales. About 270 Villa species are found on all continents except Antarctica.[1] They can be distinguished from similar genera (Hemipenthes) by their wing venation.[1]
Selected species
- Villa abaddon (Fabricius, 1794)
- Villa adusta (Loew, 1869)
- Villa aenea (Coquillett, 1887)
- Villa agrippina (Osten Sacken, 1887)[2]
- Villa albicollaris Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa ariditata Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa brunnea Becker, 1916
- Villa cana (Meigen, 1804)[4]
- Villa chromolepida Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa cingulata (Meigen, 1804)[4] [5]
- Villa cingulum (Wiedemann in Meigen 1820)[6]
- Villa claripennis (Kowarz, 1867)
- Villa connexa (Macquart, 1855)
- Villa consessor (Coquillett, 1887)
- Villa deludens Francois 1966
- Villa distincta Meigen in Waltl, 1838
- Villa efflatouni El-Hawagry & Greathead, 2006[7]
- Villa fasciculata Becker, 1916
- Villa faustina (Osten Sacken, 1887)
- Villa flavicincta Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa flavocostalis Painter, 1926
- Villa fumicosta Painter, 1962
- Villa gemella (Coquillett, 1892)
- Villa gracilis (Macquart, 1840)[8]
- Villa haesitans Becker, 1916
- Villa halteralis Kowarz, 1883
- Villa handfordi Curran, 1935
- Villa harveyi (Hine, 1904)[9]
- Villa hottentotta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Villa hypomelas (Macquart, 1840)[8]
- Villa ixion (Fabricius, 1794)
- Villa lateralis (Say, 1823)
- Villa leucostoma (Meigen, 1820)[6]
- Villa livia (Osten Sacken, 1887)
- Villa manillae Evenhuis, 1993
- Villa melaneura (Loew, 1869)
- Villa modesta (Meigen, 1820)[6]
- Villa molitor (Loew, 1869)
- Villa moneta (Osten Sacken, 1887)
- Villa mucorea (Loew, 1869)
- Villa nebulo (Coquillett, 1887)
- Villa niphobleta (Loew, 1869)
- Villa nitida Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa occulta (Wiedemann in Meigen 1820)[6]
- Villa paramuscaria Evenhuis & Hall, 1989
- Villa peninsularis Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa praeterissima Francois, 1967
- Villa pretiosa (Coquillett, 1887)
- Villa psammina Cole, 1960
- Villa sabina (Osten Sacken, 1887)
- Villa salebrosa Painter, 1926
- Villa scrobiculata (Loew, 1869)
- Villa senecio (Loew, 1869)
- Villa sexfasciata Wiedemann, 1821
- Villa semifulvipes Painter, 1962
- Villa shawii (Johnson, 1908)
- Villa sini Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa sonorensis Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa squamigera (Coquillett, 1892)
- Villa stenozoides El-Hawagry & Greathead, 2006
- Villa stenozona (Loew, 1869)
- Villa supina (Coquillett, 1887)
- Villa terrena (Coquillett, 1892)
- Villa tomentosa Becker, 1916
- Villa vacans (Coquillett, 1887)
- Villa vanduzeei Cole, 1923[3]
- Villa vasitias (Cole, 1923)[3]
- Villa venusta (Meigen, 1820)[6]
- Villa vestita (Walker, 1849)
Notes and References
- Book: Hull, F.M.. 1973. Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. 687 pp. Smithsonian Institution Press. 0-87474-131-9. Washington.
- Osten Sacken . C.R. . Diptera [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana. . Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera . 1886 . 1 . 105–128.
- Cole . Frank R. . Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The Bombyliidae (bee flies) . Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences . 1923 . 12 . 4 . 289–314 . 8 July 2022.
- Book: Meigen . J.W. . Klassifikazion und Beschreibung der europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.). Erster Band. Abt. I. . 1804 . Reichard . Braunschweig [= Brunswick] . xxviii + pp. 1–152, Abt. II. vi + pp. 153–314 .
- Book: Stubbs, A. . Drake, M. . amp . 2001 . British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. 512 pp. British Entomological & Natural History Society . 1-899935-04-5.
- Book: Meigen . J.W. . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten . 1820 . Zweiter Theil. Forstmann . Aachen . xxxvi + 363 . 8 July 2022.
- El-Hawagry, M. S. . Greathead, D. J. . amp . 2006. Zootaxa. Review of the genus Villa Lioy (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with descriptions of two new species. 21–32 . Magnolia Press . 1175-5334. 1113. PDF.
- Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveauxou peu connus. Tome deuxieme.--1er partie. . 1840 . Roret . Paris . 135 pp., 21 pls..
- Hine . James .S. . The Diptera of British Columbia. (First part) . The Canadian Entomologist . 1904 . 36 . 85–92 . 10 July 2022.
