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Genus Paravilla

Paravilla tricellula Bee Fly, Paravilla sp - Paravilla Paravilla sp - Paravilla mexicana Chrysanthrax? - Paravilla syrtis Paravilla Bee Fly - Paravilla syrtis Paravilla syrtis - female Hoverfly - Paravilla
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Anthracinae
Tribe Villini
Genus Paravilla
Explanation of Names
Paravilla Painter 1933
Numbers
46 spp. in our area, ~60 total(1)
Identification
Face conically projecting; fore-tibiae with darkened bristles; antennae slenderly-conically pointed; wing veins CuA2 and A converging toward (but not meeting before) wing margin (e.g. see right-most lower veins here)
Review of the genus:(2)
Range
New World, mostly nearctic; in our area, w. US, with 2 spp. ranging north to BC, P. palliata & P. spaldingi ranging east to MI-OH-GA, and P. separata restricted to the Midwest + GA-AL(1)
Food
Larvae are parasites of ground-nesting bees.