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Tribe Villini

Bee Fly - Hemipenthes celeris Some sort of fly species? - Villa Bee Fly - Thyridanthrax Bee fly Chrysanthrax dispar? - Chrysanthrax Bee Fly? - Villa Paravilla - male Poecilanthrax ingens
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
Numbers
~250 spp. in 16 genera in our area, ~820 spp. in >30 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Remarks
Villini are endoparasitoids, while most bombyliids are ectoparasitoids