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

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) .