Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae, Villa sp? from Crete, Greece

Posted by markop on 31-10-2006 08:49
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Thank you all for your help! According to Fauna Europaea (http://www.faunae...), Villa cingulata is not present in Crete. I performed a search there and it reports only 3 species of Villa being present on the island:
- Villa hottentotta
- Villa ixion
- Villa niphobleta
which brings 2 questions:

1) How accurate is the distribution info on Fauna Europaea?
2) Is there any reason to exclude any of the 3 abovementioned species?

Don't get me wrong. I'm really satisfied with the fact that we reached genus level, even with so bad a photo! I'm just curious and trying to learn...
Thanks again!