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Balaana
Sign in to saveBalaana 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 .
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyBombyliidae
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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 .
==Species== These 11 species belong to the genus Balaana: 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)
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