Villa cana (Meigen, 1804)

Anthrax cana Meigen, 1804: 201 .

Anthrax quinquefasciata Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820: 150.

The genitalia resemble the figure for V. niphobleta in Zaitzev (1966) but this species has greyish­white hair not pale brownish hair. The type female of Anthrax niphobletus Loew, 1869 (Magnesia, Lederer, No. 9807) was examined. It is quite distinct from any Egyptian specimens seen in having white to greyish­white vestiture, apart from black hair on the upper frons, one prealar bristle, leg bristles and some long hairs on hind margins of abdominal tergites 4–7; antennae and legs brown, brown areas on pleura, sides of tergites 2–4, base of underside of abdomen; patagium and scales on costal comb white; wing base, costal cell and alula tinged whitish; there are no black hairs at the sides of the thorax as described by Loew. We think he may have examined specimens of Villa efflatouni sp. nov. which are very similar to Villa cana . Male genitalia (fig.5).

Material examined. EGYPT: 1ɗ, 7th Tour, Suez, 9.x.1921; 1Ψ, Abu Rawash, 28.ix.1927 (R. Mabrouk); 1ɗ, Burg, 20.v.1927 (Kasim & Tewfik); 1ɗ, Dakhla Oasis, 17.iv.1917 (L.H.G.); 1Ψ, Dakhla, Mout, 17.iii.1934 (Prof. Priessner) (headless & teneral); 1ɗ, Ekingi Mariout, 24.v.1925 (Efflatoun); 1Ψ, El Katta, 11.x.1924 (R.M.); 1ɗ, Ezbet­el­ Nakhl, 20.iv.1924 (Efflatoun); 1ɗ, same except, 27.iv.1922; 2ɗɗ, same except, 25.iv.1924 (1 dissected); 2ɗɗ, same except, 20.iv.1924; 1ɗ, same except, 3.iv.1925; 2ɗɗ, same except, 13.iv.1922 (M. Tewfik) (1 dissected); 1ɗ, same except 25.ix.1925, (dissected); 2ɗɗ, same except, 1.v.1921; 1Ψ, Faraskure, 7.vii.1926 (Efflatoun); 1ɗ, same except, 12.viii.1925 (M. Tewfik); 2ΨΨ, Gebel el Asfar, 25.x.1925 (Kasim); 1ɗ, Geneifa, 12.x.1926 (Efflatoun); 1Ψ, Ismailia, 14.ix.1925 (Efflatoun); 2ΨΨ, Kafr Hakim, 24.ix.1927 (R. Mabrouk) 1 ' Villa quinquefasciata Mg. ' [orange label]; 1Ψ, same except, 23.vi.1924; 1ɗ, same except, 30.ix.1925 (Efflatoun); 1ɗ, Kerdasa, 7.x.1925 (R. Mabrouk); 1ɗ, same except, 28.vi.1927; 1ɗ, Kharga Oasis, 13.iii.1924 (Efflatoun); 1ɗ, same except, 27–29.ii.1924 (C.B.W.); 1ɗ, same except, 19.iv.1916 (Storey); 1ɗ, Maamoura, 8.ix.1925 (Kasim); 1Ψ, Mansouria, 3.x.1925 (Efflatoun) ' Villa quinquefasciata Mg. E.O. Engel'; 1Ψ, same except 7.x.1924, 1; 2ɗɗ, 1Ψ, same except, 30.ix.1924; 1ɗ, same except, 2.ix.1925; 1ɗ, same except, 22.ix.1925; 1ɗ, 1Ψ, same except, 7.x.1924 (Section); 1Ψ, same except, 30.viii.1924 (R. Mabrouk); 5ɗɗ, (1 dissected, 1 headless), 1Ψ, Marg, 1.iv. 1923 m (Efflatoun); 4ΨΨ, Mariout, 24.v.1925 (Efflatoun); 1ɗ, same except, 17.v.1923, ' Villa quinquefasciata Mg. ' det. Bezzi; 1Ψ, same except, 1.vi.1924; 1ɗ, same except, 24.ix.1924; 1ɗ, same except 16.v.1923, ' Villa quinquefasciata Mg. E.O. Engel'; 1ɗ, Port Said, 14.iv.1926 (A. Alfieri). [CUE *]. 2ɗɗ, Mamoura, 8.ix.1925 (Kasim); 2ΨΨ, Mansouria, 3.x.1925 (Efflatoun). [ESEC]. 3ɗɗ, 5th Tour Suez Road, 2.x.1921 (Shefik) (1ɗ, 1Ψ dissected) 1ɗ, Burg, 20.v.1927 (Tewfik); 1Ψ, Ezbet El­Nakhl, 26.vi.1924 (Efflatoun); 2ɗɗ, 3ΨΨ, Fayoum, 2.iv.1950 (Shafik & Str.) (1ɗ dissected); 1ɗ, Hammam, 23.ix.1924 (Efflatoun) (dissected); 1ɗ, 1Ψ, Helwan, 23. iv.1935 (Farag), det. Engel; 1Ψ, Mallaha, 6.vii.1927 (Rohayem); 1ɗ, same except, 16.vi.1929 (Efflatoun); 2ɗɗ, W. Ellega (South Sinai), 6.ix.1943 (Efflatoun) (one dissected). [CUE].