Villa Lioy, 1864
(a genus of bee flies)

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Villa modesta
Dune Villa
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusVilla (a genus of bee flies)
FamilyBOMBYLIIDAE (bee flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falck, M. 2009 The Norwegian species of Villa Lioy, 1864 (Diptera, Bombyliidae) NJE Vol 56 (2): 120130.

Villa (a genus of bee flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Villa (a genus of bee flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Villa (a genus of bee flies)
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