Villa (fly)

For other uses, see Villa (disambiguation).

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]

Villa
Female Villa hottentotta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Villini
Genus:	Villa Lioy, 1864
Type species
Anthrax abaddon Fabricius, 1794
Species
See text

Villa fulviana. Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, USA

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][5]
• 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^[7]
• 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][5]
• Villa vestita (Walker, 1849)

References

1. 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.
2. Osten Sacken, C.R. (1886). "Diptera [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana". Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera. 1: 105–128.
3. Cole, Frank R. (1923). "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. 12 (4): 289–314. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
4. Meigen, J.W. (1804). Klassifikazion und Beschreibung der europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.). Erster Band. Abt. I. Braunschweig [= Brunswick]: Reichard. pp. xxviii + pp. 1–152, Abt. II. vi + pp. 153–314.
5. 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.
6. Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
7. 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. 1113. Magnolia Press: 21–32. ISSN 1175-5334.
8. Macquart, P.J.M. (1840). Diptères exotiques nouveauxou peu connus. Tome deuxieme.--1er partie. Paris: Roret. pp. 135 pp., 21 pls.
9. Hine, James .S. (1904). "The Diptera of British Columbia. (First part)". The Canadian Entomologist. 36: 85–92. Retrieved 10 July 2022.