Villa cingulata

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Villa cingulata
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Villa cingulata Hampshire, England
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Villa
Species:
V. cingulata
Binomial name
Villa cingulata
(Meigen, 1804) [1]
Synonyms

Anthrax cingulata Meigen, 1804 [1]

Villa cingulata is a Palearctic species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. [2] [3] [4]

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Distribution

Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Luxemburg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland.

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Acroceridae Family of flies

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<i>Villa</i> (fly) Genus of flies

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<i>Phthiria pulicaria</i> Species of fly

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Anthrax cascadensis is a species of bee flies.

Anthrax pauper is a species of bee flies.

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<i>Thyridanthrax fenestratus</i> Species of fly

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<i>Bombylius discolor</i> Species of fly

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<i>Bombylius minor</i> Species of fly

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References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J (1999). World catalog of the bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. pp. xlviii + 756 pp. ISBN   90-5782-039-0. OCLC   248444103 . Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN   1-899935-04-5.
  4. ↑ Verrall, G. H. (1909). Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5. London: Gurney and Jackson. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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