Villa Lioy 1864 ...

Genus Villa Lioy, 1864 The genus Villa is one of the largest and most widespread genera of Bombyliidae with more than 250 species on all continents except Antarctica and on many oceanic islands (Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999, 2003). It belongs to the tribe Villini within the subfamily Anthracinae (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Greathead, David J., Karimpour, Younes
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2006
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Villa
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6252875
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6252875
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Summary:Genus Villa Lioy, 1864 The genus Villa is one of the largest and most widespread genera of Bombyliidae with more than 250 species on all continents except Antarctica and on many oceanic islands (Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999, 2003). It belongs to the tribe Villini within the subfamily Anthracinae (keys to genera in Greathead & Evenhuis, 1997, 2001). It is characterised by having a rounded, not prominent face; antenna with only one flagellomere; a relatively elongate parallel­sided body with a pattern of black, brown and yellow or whitish vestiture; usually with a well developed patagium; wing hyaline or with a simple basicostal infuscation; male genitalia with a large tongue­shaped epiphallus often bearing a pair of apical spines. The Palaearctic fauna includes several species groups with different structure of the epiphallus, first noted by François (1969). He noted that many species from Asia have a compact body, predominantly pale whitish vestiture and fine spicules on the epiphallus. The present ... : Published as part of Greathead, David J. & Karimpour, Younes, 2006, A new species of Villa Lioy, 1864 (Diptera: Bombyliidae) parasitic on Sesiidae (Lepidoptera), pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 1156 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172263 ...

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