Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Villa hottentotta?
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 03-08-2016 19:55
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1177 Joined: 07.10.09 |
Hello, this is my first Villa spec. from Germany. I met it between gardens and a forest in Saxony some days ago. It was a big fly with equally broad bright bands. Is it V. hottentotta or another species? Thanks, Marion Marion Friedrich attached the following image:  [121.56Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 03-08-2016 22:57
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
In Brandenburg 6 Villa species are known, and in Saxony the situation should be the same... Villa is extremely difficult, which you will easily find out when using the "Forum Search" function that cannot be praised high enough. As our expert David Gibbs (unfortunately no longer active in the forum) pointed out many times, a series of collected animals, males and females, is necessary to be carefully examined and in the case of males dissected. Besides, a taxonomic revision of the genus is urgently needed to clarify lots of nomenclatural problems. So Villa cf. hottentotta at best... |
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 04-08-2016 22:13
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1177 Joined: 07.10.09 |
Thank you very much for explaining the difficulties, Sundew. Before submitting I visited the gallery were are some photos of Villa hottentotta. In the internet I found the van Veen Bombyliidae key. Therefore, I was optimistic that an ID of a few species may be possible. Marion |
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