Villa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Bombyliidae
Subfamilia: Exoprosopinae
Tribus: Villini
Genus: Villa
Species: V. aegyptiaca – V. aquila – V. aspros – V. aurepilosa – V. bivirgata – V. cana – V. cingulata – V. efflatouni – V. fasciata – V. flavida – V. hottentotta – V. micrargyra – V. obtusa – V. ovata – V. panisca – V. paniscoides – V. sesivora – V. stenozoides – V. xingjiangana

Name

Villa Lioy, 1864
References

Gang Yao, Ding Yang & Neal L. Evenhuis, 2009, Zootaxa 2055: 49–60 [1]
Hall, J.C. 1970: The North American species of Villa (Thyridanthrax) (Osten Sacken) (Diptera:Bombyliidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 96(4): 519–542. JSTOR

Villa is a genus of flies belonging to the bee-fly family (Bombyliidae). They range in size from 5 to 17 millimetres (0.20 to 0.67 in), 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]
Species

Villa abaddon (Fabricius, 1794)
Villa adusta (Loew, 1869)
Villa aenea (Coquillett, 1887)
Villa agrippina (Osten Sacken, 1887)
Villa albicollaris Cole, 1923
Villa ariditata Cole, 1923
Villa brunnea Becker 1916
Villa cana (Meigen, 1804)
Villa chromolepida Cole, 1923
Villa cingulata (Meigen, 1804)[2]
Villa cingulum (Wiedemann in Meigen 1820)
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[3]
Villa fasciculata Becker 1916
Villa faustina (Osten Sacken, 1887)
Villa flavicincta Cole, 1923
Villa flavocostalis Painter, 1926
Villa fumicosta Painter, 1962
Villa gemella (Coquillett, 1892)
Villa gracilis (Macquart, 1840)
Villa haesitans Becker 1916
Villa halteralis Kowarz 1883
Villa handfordi Curran, 1935
Villa harveyi (Hine, 1904)
Villa hottentotta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Villa hypomelas (Macquart, 1840)
Villa ixion (Fabricius 1794)
Villa leucostoma (Meigen 1820)
Villa livia (Osten Sacken, 1887)
Villa manillae Evenhuis, 1993
Villa melaneura (Loew 1869)
Villa modesta (Meigen, )[2][2]
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
Villa occulta (Wiedemann in Meigen 1820)
Villa paramuscaria Evenhuis & Hall, 1989
Villa peninsularis Cole, 1923
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
Villa sonorensis Cole, 1923
Villa squamigera (Coquillett, 1892)
Villa stenozoides El-Hawagry & Greathead, 2006[3]
Villa stenozona (Loew, 1869)
Villa supina (Coquillett, 1887)
Villa terrena (Coquillett, 1892)
Villa tomentosa Becker 1916
Villa vacans (Coquillett, 1887)
Villa vanduzeei Cole, 1923
Villa vasitias (Cole, 1923)
Villa venusta (Meigen, 1820)[2]
Villa vestita (Walker, 1849)

References
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Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.

El-Hawagry, M. S. & Greathead, D. J. (2006). "Review of the genus Villa Lioy (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 1113: 21–32. ISSN 1175-5334.