Balaana
Genus of flies
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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 | |
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| 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
These 11 species belong to the genus Balaana:[2][3][4][5]
- Balaana abscondita Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana bicuspis Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana centrosa Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana efflatounbeyi (Paramonov, 1928)
- Balaana gigantea Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana grandis (Wiedemann, 1820)
- Balaana kingcascadensis Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Balaana latelimbata (Bigot, 1892)
- Balaana obliquebifasciata (Macquart, 1850)
- Balaana onusta (Walker, 1852)
- Balaana tamerlan (Portschinsky, 1887)
