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I am not getting tired to repeat: search in the old threads for your suspected species - you will get a lot of information! In the case of Villa cf. hottentotta I can only cite our expert David Gibbs:
"experts in Villa? wish there was. apart from saying it looks to be one of the many hottentotta-group species there is no hope without a specimen and even then identification is likely to be tentative." http://www.dipter...ad_id=5866
"after carefully comparing your photos with my specimens i conclude that they cannot be identified. the only thing i can say is that they appear to be closer to my continental specimens of modesta than to hottentotta. Unfortunately i have no specimens of paniscus which, if truly a separate species, is very similar to both modesta and hottentotta.
one thing i can say for certain, any photo of this group of Villa which has not been collected, and in the case of males dissected, is very unlikely to be reliably named. even specimens are very difficult to name and this will remain the case untill the whole genus is revised." http://www.dipter...ad_id=8979