Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Bombyliidae (Bee flies)
Villa nigrifrons (Macquart in Webb & Berthelot, 1839)
Villa nigrifrons (Macquart in Webb & Berthelot, 1839)
Villa cf. nigrifrons
ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia; 2011-03-13 13:58:36
Image number: 4513
ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia
2011-03-13 13:58:36
Villa nigrifrons (Macquart in Webb & Berthelot, 1839)
Villa cf. nigrifrons
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2018-04-19 11:12:37
Image number: 8658
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-04-19 11:12:37
Classification:
Villa nigrifrons belongs to the subfamily Anthracinae.
Distribution:
Canary Islands (endemic species).
Note:
Villa nigrifrons is the most common species of the genus in the Canary Islands. Two other species (
Villa albiventris and
Villa nigriceps) have not been found on Fuerteventura, but only on the other islands.
For a reliable species identification the study of male genitalia is essential.
References, further reading, links:
- Pedro Oromí & Marcos Báez: Lista de especies silvestres de canarias, Hongos, plantas y animales terrestres, 2009, Arthropoda, 189-366, Gobierno de Canarias
- M. Báez y A. Sánchez-Terrón: Nuevos datos sobre Bombyliidae de las islas Canarias (Insecta, Diptera); Eos : revista española de entomología 66(1): 37-41 (1990).
