Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Villa sp.?

Posted by Areamilla on 30-05-2007 15:53
#1
Hello,

Is this Bombiliidae a species of Villa?

Sand dunes, Melide, Cangas, Pontevedra
NW Spain. 27/05/2007. 2 m.
Size: 9 mm

Thanks.

Areamilla

Posted by David Gibbs on 30-05-2007 17:12
#2
not Villa, this is Exhyalanthrax. There are two very similar and as yet inadequately characterised species vis afer and melanchlaenus. afer is the most frequently met with.

Posted by Areamilla on 30-05-2007 18:29
#3
Thanks, David.

Areamilla.