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
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)