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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Selected species
edit- 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
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- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Osten Sacken, C.R. (1886). "Diptera [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana". Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera. 1: 105–128.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d e Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Macquart, P.J.M. (1840). Diptères exotiques nouveauxou peu connus. Tome deuxieme.--1er partie. Paris: Roret. pp. 135 pp., 21 pls.
- ^ Hine, James .S. (1904). "The Diptera of British Columbia. (First part)". The Canadian Entomologist. 36: 85–92. Retrieved 10 July 2022.