Billaea Explained

Billaea is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2]} Most larvae, where known are parasitoids of Coleoptera (Cerambycidae, Lucanidae) or Lepidoptera (Pyralidae)^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Billaea adelpha (Loew, 1873)^[5]
• Billaea africana (Villeneuve, 1935)^[6]
• Billaea argentaurea (Townsend, 1939)
• Billaea atkinsoni (Baranov, 1934)^[7]
• Billaea aurifrons (Townsend, 1919)^[8]
• Billaea biserialis (Portschinsky, 1881)^[9]
• Billaea brasiliensis (Townsend, 1917)^[10]
• Billaea brevicauda Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea capensis Emden, 1947^[12]
• Billaea cerambycivora (Guimarães, 1977)^[13]
• Billaea chinensis Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea claripalpis (Wulp, 1896)^[14]
• Billaea communis Mesnil, 1976^[15]
• Billaea decisa (Curran, 1927)
• Billaea edwardsi (Emden, 1947)^[12]
• Billaea erecta (Aldrich, 1934)^[16]
• Billaea ficorum (Townsend, 1916)
• Billaea flava Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea fortis (Rondani, 1862)
• Billaea friburgensis (Guimarães, 1977)^[13]
• Billaea giacomeli (Guimarães, 1977)^[13]
• Billaea gigantea (Wiedemann, 1824)^[17]
• Billaea grandis Mesnil, 1976^[15]
• Billaea impigra Kolomiets, 1966^[18]
• Billaea intermedia (Portschinsky, 1881)^[9]
• Billaea interrupta (Curran, 1927)
• Billaea irrorata (Meigen, 1826)^[19]
• Billaea kolomyetzi Mesnil, 1970^[20]
• Billaea kosterae (Guimarães, 1977)^[13]
• Billaea kurahashii Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea lata (Macquart, 1847)^[21]
• Billaea lateralis (Curran, 1927)
• Billaea lativentris Emden, 1947^[12]
• Billaea luteola (Cortés & Campos, 1974)^[22]
• Billaea malayana Malloch, 1929^[23]
• Billaea maritima (Schiner, 1861)^[24]
• Billaea marmorata (Meigen & Waltl, 1835)^[25]
• Billaea menezesi (Guimarães, 1977)^[13]
• Billaea micronychia Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea minor (Villeneuve, 1913)^[26]
• Billaea monohammi (Townsend, 1912)
• Billaea montana (West, 1924)^[27]
• Billaea morosa Mesnil, 1963^[28]
• Billaea nipigonensis Curran, 1926
• Billaea orbitalis Emden, 1947^[12]
• Billaea ovata Mesnil, 1976^[15]
• Billaea papei Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea pectinata (Meigen, 1826)^[19]
• Billaea plaumanni (Guimarães, 1977)^[13]
• Billaea quadrinota Kolomiets, 1966^[18]
• Billaea rhingiaeformis Emden, 1959
• Billaea rhynchophorae (Blanchard, 1937)
• Billaea robusta Malloch, 1935^[29]
• Billaea rubens (Wiedemann, 1830)^[30]
• Billaea rubida O'Hara & Cerretti, 2016^[31]
• Billaea rufescens O'Hara & Wood, 2021^[32]
• Billaea rufiventris (Townsend, 1929)^[33]
• Billaea rutilans (Fabricius, 1781)^[34]
• Billaea satisfacta (West, 1925)^[35]
• Billaea setigera Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea setosa (Macquart, 1844)
• Billaea shannoni (Guimarães, 1977)^[13]
• Billaea sibleyi (West, 1925)^[35]
• Billaea sjostedti Speiser, 1910^[36]
• Billaea solivaga Mesnil, 1976^[15]
• Billaea steini (Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1891)
• Billaea triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1844)^[37]
• Billaea triquetrus O'Hara & Wood, 2021^[32]
• Billaea trivittata (Curran, 1929)
• Billaea trochanterata Mesnil, 1970^[20]
• Billaea vanemdeni Fennah, 1959
• Billaea velutina Mesnil, 1976^[15]
• Billaea versicolor (Curran, 1927)
• Billaea verticalis Zhang & Shima, 2015^[11]
• Billaea villeneuvei (Curran, 1927)
• Billaea vitripennis Mesnil, 1950^[38]
• Billaea yintiaoling Zhang, 2023^[39]
• Billaea zimini Kolomiets, 1966^[18]

Notes and References

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3. Book: Arnaud. Jr Paul H.. 1978 . A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.. 860 pp.
4. Web site: Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico. North American Dipterists Society. US. 27 August 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725132045/http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/CatNAmer/Genera/Billaea.htm. 25 July 2011. dmy-all.
5. Loew . H. . Diptera nova, in Pannonia inferiori et in confinibus Daciae regionibus a Ferd. Kowarzio capta . Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift . 1873 . 17 . 33–52 . 14 June 2023.
6. Villeneuve . J. . Myodaires supérieurs africains inédits . Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines . 1935 . 27 . 136–143.
7. Baranov . N. . Mitteilungen über gezüchtete orientalische Larvaevoriden. (Insecta, Diptera). Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt . Troppau . 1934 . 8 . 41–49. 15 September 2023.
8. Townsend . C.H.T. . New genera and species of muscoid flies . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1919 . 56 . 2301 . 541–592 . 10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541 . 5 July 2023.
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11. Zhang . C. . Shima . H. . Wang . Q. . Tschorsnig . H.-P. . A review of Billaea Robineau-Desvoidy of the eastern Palearctic and Oriental regions (Diptera: Tachinidae) . Zootaxa . 2015 . 3949 . 1 . 1–40 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.1.1 . 25947790 . 16 December 2023.
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