Paravilla montivaga | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Villini |
Genus: | Paravilla |
Species: | P. montivaga |
Binomial name | |
Paravilla montivaga Hall, 1981 | |
Paravilla montivaga is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in western North America from British Columbia, Canada, south through the United States as far east as Colorado, and into Mexico. [5]
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Paravilla mercedis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Anthracinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 80 genera and 2,000 described species in Anthracinae.
Paravilla is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are at least 50 described species in Paravilla. The genus is found in North and South America.
Villini is a tribe of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Paravilla splendida is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California and Baja California Norte.
Paravilla deserta is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the western United States from Montana to California and south into Mexico.
Paravilla separata is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in eastern North America, from Manitoba to Quebec in Canada, south through much of the United States, and into Mexico.
Paravilla fumida is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California.
Paravilla cunicula is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Paravilla edititoides is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in central North America in Saskatchewan, Canada, through the United States from Arizona to Oklahoma, and into Mexico.
Paravilla syrtis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is widespread in the arid regions of western North America, from the Yukon in Canada south through the United States and into Mexico.
Paravilla fumosa is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California.
Paravilla aridula is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Arizona and California.
Paravilla californica is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Paravilla cinerea is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Arizona and Baja California Norte.
Anastoechus barbatus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Canada from the Yukon east to Ontario, and across most of the United States from Massachusetts west to California and Texas, but is absent from the southeast. Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs.
Paravilla tricellula is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California.
Paravilla fulvicoma is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the western United States from Washington to Oklahoma, south into Mexico.
Aphoebantus desertus is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.