Balaana | |
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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 |
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]