''Billaea'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t ...
.
Most
larva
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e, where known are
parasitoid
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s of
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
(
Cerambycidae
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described.
Most species are characterized by anten ...
,
Lucanidae
Stag beetles comprise the family Lucanidae. It has about 1,200 species of beetles in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a c ...
) or
Lepidoptera
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(
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyr ...
)
Species
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Billaea adelpha''
( Loew, 1873)
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Billaea africana''
( Villeneuve, 1935)
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Billaea argentaurea''
( Townsend, 1939)
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Billaea atkinsoni''
( Baranov, 1934)
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Billaea aurifrons''
( Townsend, 1919)
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Billaea biserialis''
( Portschinsky, 1881)
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Billaea brasiliensis''
( Townsend, 1917)
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Billaea brevicauda''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
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Billaea capensis''
Emden, 1947
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Billaea cerambycivora''
(Guimarães, 1977)
*''
Billaea chinensis''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
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Billaea claripalpis''
( Wulp, 1896)
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Billaea communis''
Mesnil, 1976
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Billaea decisa''
( Curran, 1927)
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Billaea edwardsi''
(Emden, 1947)
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Billaea erecta''
( Aldrich, 1934)
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Billaea ficorum''
( Townsend, 1916)
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Billaea flava''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
*''
Billaea fortis''
(Rondani Rondani is an Italian surname. Notable people having this name include:
* Camillo Rondani, (1808–1879), an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera
* Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani
Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani (15 July 1490 ...
, 1862)
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Billaea friburgensis''
(Guimarães, 1977)
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Billaea giacomeli''
(Guimarães, 1977)
*''
Billaea gigantea''
( Wiedemann, 1824)
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Billaea grandis''
Mesnil, 1976
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Billaea impigra''
Kolomiets, 1966
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Billaea intermedia''
( Portschinsky, 1881)
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Billaea interrupta''
( Curran, 1927)
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Billaea irrorata''
( Meigen, 1826)
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Billaea kolomyetzi''
Mesnil, 1970
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Billaea kosterae''
(Guimarães, 1977)
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Billaea kurahashii''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
*''
Billaea lata''
( Macquart, 1847)
*''
Billaea lateralis''
( Curran, 1927)
*''
Billaea lativentris''
Emden, 1947
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Billaea luteola''
(Cortés & Campos, 1974)
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Billaea malayana''
Malloch, 1929
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Billaea maritima''
( Schiner, 1861)
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Billaea marmorata''
( Meigen & Waltl, 1835)
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Billaea menezesi''
(Guimarães, 1977)
*''
Billaea micronychia''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
*''
Billaea minor''
( Villeneuve, 1913)
*''
Billaea monohammi''
( Townsend, 1912)
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Billaea montana''
(West, 1924)
*''
Billaea morosa''
Mesnil, 1963
*''
Billaea nipigonensis''
Curran, 1926
*''
Billaea orbitalis''
Emden, 1947
*''
Billaea ovata''
Mesnil, 1976
*''
Billaea papei''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
*''
Billaea pectinata''
( Meigen, 1826)
*''
Billaea plaumanni''
(Guimarães, 1977)
*''
Billaea quadrinota''
Kolomiets, 1966
*''
Billaea rhingiaeformis''
Emden, 1959
*''
Billaea rhynchophorae''
(Blanchard
Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ''blanchart'' which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
, 1937)
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Billaea robusta''
Malloch, 1935
*''
Billaea rubens''
( Wiedemann, 1830)
*''
Billaea rubida''
O'Hara & Cerretti, 2016
*''
Billaea rufescens''
O'Hara & Wood, 2021
*''
Billaea rufiventris''
( Townsend, 1929)
*''
Billaea rutilans''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1781)
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Billaea satisfacta''
(West, 1925)
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Billaea setigera''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
*''
Billaea setosa''
( Macquart, 1844)
*''
Billaea shannoni''
(Guimarães, 1977)
*''
Billaea sibleyi''
(West, 1925)
*''
Billaea sjostedti''
Speiser, 1910
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Billaea solivaga''
Mesnil, 1976
*''
Billaea steini''
(Brauer Brauer or Bräuer is a surname of German origin, meaning "brewer". Notable people with the name include:-
* Alfred Brauer (1894–1985), German-American mathematician, brother of Richard
* Andreas Brauer (born 1973), German film producer
* Arik Bra ...
& von Berganstamm, 1891)
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Billaea triangulifera''
(Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He receiv ...
, 1844)
*''
Billaea triquetrus''
O'Hara & Wood, 2021
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Billaea trivittata''
( Curran, 1929)
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Billaea trochanterata''
Mesnil, 1970
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Billaea vanemdeni''
Fennah, 1959
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Billaea velutina''
Mesnil, 1976
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Billaea versicolor''
( Curran, 1927)
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Billaea verticalis''
Zhang & Shima, 2015
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Billaea villeneuvei''
( Curran, 1927)
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Billaea vitripennis''
Mesnil, 1950
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Billaea yintiaoling''
Zhang, 2023
*''
Billaea zimini''
Kolomiets, 1966
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4119736
Tachinidae genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
Diptera of South America
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Africa
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Europe