''Billaea'' is a genus of
tachinid flies in the family
Tachinidae.
Most
larva
A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle.
The ...
e, where known are
parasitoid
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s of
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
(
Cerambycidae,
Lucanidae) or
Lepidoptera
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(
Pyralidae)
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)
*''
Billaea claripalpis''
( Wulp, 1895)
*''
Billaea fortis''
( Rondani, 1862)
*''
Billaea intermedia''
(Portshinsky, 1881)
*''
Billaea interrupta''
( Curran, 1929)
*''
Billaea irrorata''
( Meigen, 1826)
*''
Billaea kolomyetzi''
Mesnil, 1970
*''
Billaea lata''
( Macquart, 1849)
*''
Billaea maritima''
( Schiner, 1862)
*''
Billaea marmorata''
( Meigen, 1838)
*''
Billaea monohammi''
( Townsend, 1912)
*''
Billaea montana''
(West, 1924)
*''
Billaea morosa''
Mesnil, 1963
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Billaea nipigonensis''
Curran, 1926
*''
Billaea pectinata''
( Meigen, 1826)
*''
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)
*''
Billaea satisfacta''
(West, 1925)
*''
Billaea sibleyi''
(West, 1925)
*''
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)
*''
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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