Tribe Villini - Banded Beeflies
Family Bombyliidae
This page contains pictures and information about Bee Flies in Tribe Villini
that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- In this tribe, the beeflies have their wing vein Rs forks very close to cross vein r-m. They have stout body with their wings hyaline. Their body usually has contrasting stripes . Villini and Exoprosopini are closely related and they look and behave very similar.
- Villa Bee Fly
- Villa sp., body length 12mm
- This fly look like a bee and it was hovering near flowers. We first thought it was a Hovering Fly. However, from its wing vein, we are sure it is a Bee Fly belongs to Family Bombyliidae. The pictures were taken in Macgregor Bushland during early winter. We saw this fly only once. Please click on here for more information.
- Villa Bee Fly 2
- Villa sp., body length 10mm
- The beefly is yellowish brown in colour with banded abdomen. Those bands are dark brown with narrow pale brown, with one band is white. The wings are clear with a white spot at the wing base. We have more information and pictures in this page.
- Villa Bee Fly 3
- Villa sp. body length 10mm
- Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest during early summer. The fly was resting on plant materials on the ground. The beefly is yellowish brown in colour with banded abdomen. Those are dark brown bands with yellow narrow bands.
- Villa Bee Fly 4
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- Villa sp., body length 10mm
- Picture was taken in Karawatha Forest in early summer.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 759.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p364.
- 3. Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) - - by Giff Beaton, 2005.
- 4. An evolutionary radiation of beeflies in semi-arid Australia: systematics of the Exoprosopini (Diptera: Bombyliidae) - Lambkin CL, Yeates DK & Greathead DJ, Invertebrate Systematics, 2003
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 759.
