Villa modesta (Meigen, 1820)
(Dune Villa)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVilla modesta (Dune Villa)
GenusVilla (a genus of bee flies)
FamilyBOMBYLIIDAE (bee flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Villa modesta (Dune Villa) :
1: Villa modesta (Dune Villa)
16 Aug 1997 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
hovering over sandy path
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Ventral viewImage 4: Ventral view (2)

Villa modesta (Dune Villa) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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