Villini

Villini is a tribe of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 14 genera and at least 100 described species in Villini.[1][2]

Villa

Villini
Chrysanthrax cypris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Villini Hull, 1973

Genera

These 14 genera belong to the tribe Villini:

• Astrophanes Osten-Sacken, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Chrysanthrax Osten-Sacken, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Diochanthrax Hall, 1975 ^{i c g b}
• Dipalta Osten Sacken, 1877 ^{i c g b}
• Hemipenthes Loew, 1869 ^{i c g b}
• Lepidanthrax Osten-Sacken, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Neodiplocampta Curran, 1934 ^{i c g b}
• Paradiplocampta Hall, 1975 ^{i c g b}
• Paravilla Painter, 1933 ^{i c g b}
• Poecilanthrax Osten-Sacken, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Rhynchanthrax Painter, 1933 ^{i c g b}
• Stonyx Osten-Sacken, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Villa Lioy ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[1]

References

1. "Villini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. "Villini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island". ZooKeys. 22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
• Yeates, David K.; Greathead, David (1997). "The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60: 149–185.

External links

• "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
• Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
• Media related to Villini at Wikimedia Commons