Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Villa hottentotta?

Posted by Sundew on 03-08-2016 22:57
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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 As our expert David Gibbs (unfortunately no longer active in the forum) pointed out many times, a series of collected animals, males and females, is necessary to be carefully examined and in the case of males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...