Villoestrus Paramonov

Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L., 2001, Annotated keys to the genera of African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae), African Invertebrates 42 (1820), pp. 105-224 : 213

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7909975

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scientific name

Villoestrus Paramonov
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Villoestrus Paramonov View in CoL

Villoestrus Paramonov, 1931: 93 . Type species: Villoestrus uvarovi Paramonov, 1931 , by monotypy.

Comments: This genus has the most reduced mouthparts among the three genera of Villini with non-functional mouthparts.

Distribution: Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions but not known from North Africa. Africa South of the Sahara: South Africa: 1 species; Villoestrus dimorphus Hesse.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

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