Balaana
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Balaana bicuspis, Queensland, Australia | |
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Genus: | Balaana Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
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Exoprosopa latelimbata Bigot, 1892
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Balaana is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are about seven described species, including three from western Australia. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10–18 mm (0.4–0.7 in).[1]
Species
- Balaana abscondita Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana bicuspis Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana centrosa Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana gigantea Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana kingcascadensis Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana latelimbata (Bigot, 1892)
- Balaana obliquebifasciata (Macquart, 1850)
References
- ^ Hull, F. M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.