''Billaea'' is a genus of
tachinid flies
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order 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 this family ...
in the family
Tachinidae
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.
Most
larva
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The ...
e, where known are
parasitoid
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s of
Coleoptera
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(
Cerambycidae
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,
Lucanidae
Stag beetles are a family of about 1,200 species of beetles in the family Lucanidae, currently classified in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections ...
) or
Lepidoptera
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(
Pyralidae
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)
Species
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Billaea adelpha''
( Loew, 1873)
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Billaea atkinsoni''
(Baranov 1934)
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Billaea biserialis''
(Portshinsky, 1881)
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Billaea claripalpis''
( Wulp, 1895)
*''
Billaea fortis''
( Rondani, 1862)
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Billaea intermedia''
(Portshinsky, 1881)
*''
Billaea interrupta''
( Curran, 1929)
*''
Billaea irrorata''
( Meigen, 1826)
*''
Billaea kolomyetzi''
Mesnil, 1970
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Billaea lata''
( Macquart, 1849)
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Billaea maritima''
( Schiner, 1862)
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Billaea marmorata''
( Meigen, 1838)
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Billaea monohammi''
(Townsend Townsend (pronounced tounʹ-zənd) or Townshend may refer to:
Places United States
*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
**Townsend ( ...
, 1912)
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Billaea montana''
(West, 1924)
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Billaea morosa''
Mesnil, 1963
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Billaea nipigonensis''
Curran, 1926
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Billaea pectinata''
( Meigen, 1826)
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Billaea quadrinota''
Kolomiets, 1966
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Billaea rutilans''
(Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 1781)
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Billaea satisfacta''
(West, 1925)
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Billaea sibleyi''
(West, 1925)
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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 ...
& von Bergenstamm, 1891)
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Billaea triangulifera''
(Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1844)
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Billaea trivittata''
(, 1929)
References
Tachinidae genera
Dexiinae
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
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