Balaana

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]

Balaana
Balaana bicuspis, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Bombyliidae
Subfamily:
Anthracinae
Tribe:
Exoprosopini
Genus:
Balaana

Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
Type species
Exoprosopa latelimbata
Bigot, 1892

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
  1. 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.
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