Anthrax curta Loew 1869: 22 Villa ( Hemipenthes ) curta (Loew) Painter & Painter 1962: 101 Hemipenthes curta (Loew) Hull 1973: 385 A new genus for Painter & Painter’s Villa “ celer ” - group in the New World (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Evenhuis, Neal L. Zootaxa 2020 2020-03-06 4748 2 296 314 87PGC (Loew, 1869) Evenhuis 2020 Loew 1869 [151,429,1521,1547] Insecta Bombyliidae Ins Animalia Diptera 7 303 Arthropoda species curta comb. nov.  ( Figs. 5, 12, 31)      Anthrax curta Loew 1869: 22.    Villa( Hemipenthes) curta(Loew).  Painter & Painter 1962: 101.    Hemipenthes curta(Loew).  Hull 1973: 385.  Types:  Holotypemale from  UNITED STATES:  California[no further data] Agassiz( MCZ). Type examined [see Evenhuis (1983a)].   Diagnosis. Separated from the congeners by the anal cell almost all hyaline ( Fig. 12), at most only the basal one-fourth infuscated (other species have the anal cell infuscated more than half or almost all).  Female genitalia( Fig. 31). Furca U-shaped, narrowed basally, with large rounded subapical projections directed mesally; spermathecal reservoir ellipsoid, apex smoothly rounded, sclerotized, basal portion membranous with basal bulb, membranous portion approximately the same length as sclerotized portion; apical spermathecal duct short, about one-half length of sclerotized portion of spermathecal reservoir complex, connected to membra- nous portion of spermathecal reservoir by minute sclerite; ejection apparatus long, thin, length 1.5 times longer than sclerotized portion of spermatheca, with small flared, sclerotized apical valve and narrow cylindrical non-sclerotized basal valve; basal spermathecal duct thin, subequal in length to spermathecal reservoir complex.  Other material examined.   UNITED STATES:  Arizona: 1♂, 3♀, Tubac,  5 Aug 1932, R. H. Painter( USNM);  1♀, 26 mi.SE Sells,  1 Aug 1932, R.H. Painter;   New Mexico: 4 ♀, Steins,  8 Aug 1932, R. H. Painter( USNM),  1♀, Hidalgo County, 26 mi S. Animas,  20–24 Aug 1986, R. J. McGinley, B.M. Norden( USNM).   Distribution. Mexico( Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Veracruz, Yucatan); USA( Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas). 2574624310 MCZ United States of America Agassiz 7 303 1 California holotype 2574624292 [514,1205,260,287] 1932-08-05 R United States of America Tubac 8 304 4 3 1 Arizona 2574624331 [1209,1432,261,287] USNM United States of America Painter 8 304 1 Arizona 2574624345 [151,555,297,323] 1932-08-01 R United States of America Sells 8 304 1 1 Arizona 2574624337 [687,1156,296,323] 1932-08-08 R United States of America Steins 8 304 4 4 New Mexico 2574624314 [1160,1383,297,323] USNM United States of America Painter 8 304 1 New Mexico 2574624342 1986-08-20 1986-08-24 1986-08-20 R S. Animas United States of America Hidalgo County Hidalgo County 8 304 1 1 New Mexico 2574624293 [771,1179,333,359] USNM B. M. Norden United States of America McGinley 8 304 1 New Mexico