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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Villa » Villa lateralis
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Villa ??? - Villa lateralis
Copyright © 2007 Gary McDonald

Villa ??? - Villa lateralis
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
August 27, 2007
Size: ~ 1 cm
This guy appeared briefly in our garden in live oak/chaparral habitat. I'm guessing Villini and maybe Villa.
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 28 August, 2007 - 9:40pm
Last updated 9 September, 2007 - 11:20am

Villa looks good.
I think yours is Villa lateralis. Hey, it's all in the lumping...
… Ron Hemberger, 29 August, 2007 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
How about Villa arenicola?
How about Villa arenicola?
… Bill Dean, 31 January, 2013 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks good, but I believe that's a strictly eastern species.
Species ID is tough on these, plus genus hasn't been reviewed since 1892.
… Ron Hemberger, 31 January, 2013 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

 
A caution has now been added
A caution has now been added to the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification key, which I used, that some characters used in the key may not be reliable and id based on them should be regarded as tentative. Hence....Villa sp.
… Bill Dean, 1 February, 2013 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron
I've always been more of a lumper than a splitter. I'm amazed at how many species of Syrphids I am finding in our small garden, 8 species now in barely a month of looking. Thank you for all your help with the various species I have posted.
… Gary McDonald, 30 August, 2007 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

 
You're entirely welcome.
You keep posting. I'll keep looking. Love those flies, syrphids in particular.
… Ron Hemberger, 31 August, 2007 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

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