Villa bivirgata Austen, 1937

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 40

Villa bivirgata Austen, 1937

Material: 37 specimens: Ajlun 22.X. 1992 (1 ɗ); Al Husson 17.VI. 2002 (1 Ψ); Al Jubayhah 22.VII. 1992 (1 ɗ), 29.X. 1989 (1 Ψ), unknown date and month 1995 (1 ɗ); Al Muwaqqar 7.X. 2002 (3 Ψ); Al Mukhaybah al Fawqa 21.X. 2002 (2 Ψ); Amman 27.IX. 1978 (1 Ψ); Ar Ramtha 29.VII. 2002 (2 Ψ); Ash Shajarah 22.VII. 2002 (1 Ψ); Ash Shawbak 7.VIII. 2002 (3 Ψ, 2 ɗ); Ayn Al Muallaqah 28.V. 2001 (1 Ψ, 3 ɗ) (Al Al Bayt University); Dana, Wadi Ar Rummaneh 28.IX. 2002 (1 Ψ); Hummrit As Sahin 22.VI. 2002 (1 Ψ); Irbid 19.VII. 1975 (1 Ψ); Kafr Asad 9.IV. 2001 (1 Ψ) (Al Al Bayt University); Sama As Sarhan 29.VII. 2002 (1 ɗ), un known date (1 ɗ); Wadi Ar Rayyan 8.X. 2002 (1 ɗ, 4 Ψ); Yajuz 14.X. 2002 (2 Ψ, 1 ɗ).

Distribution: Afrotropical; Yemen. Palaearctic: Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria. This species is a very common species in Jordan. It was collected from Polygonum equisetiforme Sibth ( Polygonaceae ).