Villa lateralis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[2]

Villa lateralis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Genus: Villa
Species:
V. lateralis
Binomial name
Villa lateralis
(Say, 1823)[1]

Description

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Villa lateralis has yellow hair around the sides of the thorax with yellow and black bands at the abdomen. They have a greyish face, and some specimens have a faint band of yellow at the base of the fourth segment silvery tufts on the terminal segment.[3]

 
Villa lateralis

Range

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Villa lateralis is most commonly distributed throughout North America and Central America.[4][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Villa lateralis (Say, 1823)". gbif.org. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Villa lateralis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  3. ^ "Villa lateralis (Say, 1823)". discoverlife.org. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Species Villa lateralis". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 July 2024.