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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Dexiinae » Dexiini » Billaea

Genus Billaea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
tachinid - Billaea rutilans - male Unknown fly - Billaea rutilans Juriniopsis or Leschenaultia? - Billaea rutilans Tachinid Fly -Dexiini (Ptilodexia?) - Billaea rutilans tachinid fly - Billaea rutilans - male Billaea Billaea rutilans - male Billaea sibleyi Paratype - Billaea sibleyi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Dexiinae
Tribe Dexiini
Genus Billaea
Explanation of Names
Billaea Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1), 74 total(2)
An undescribed species is known from w. Canada (Allison et al. 2000)
Range
much of the world(2) and across NA(1)
Food
Hosts: Lepidoptera, Pyralidae; Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lucanidae(1)
"Three species of Billaea have been reared from larvae of Tabanus and Hybomitra."(3)
Print References
Allison J.D., McIntosh R.L., Bordon J.H., Humble L.M. 2000. A new parasitoid (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Acanthocinus princeps (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 97: 3–5. Full text
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0
3.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
Contributed by v belov on 13 April, 2009 - 11:02am
Additional contributions by Ben Coulter, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 26 May, 2023 - 11:25am

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