Billaea pectinata (Meigen, 1826)

Gilasian, Ebrahim, Ziegler, Joachim & Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, 2022, The fauna of the family Tachinidae (Diptera) in Haftad-Qolleh Protected Area (Markazi Province), with forty-six new records from Iran and description of a new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1), pp. 49-91 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.49
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15809896
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scientific name	Billaea pectinata (Meigen, 1826)
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Billaea pectinata (Meigen, 1826) View in CoL

Dexia pectinata Meigen, 1826:43 View in CoL . [For further synonyms see Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)].

Diagnosis: Parafacial bare; facial carina well-developed, at least as wide as postpedicel in lateral view; arista including trichia distinctly narrower than postpedicel; prementum 2.0–2.5 times as long as wide; scutum with 4 presutural black vittae including two median narrow and two lateral semi-triangular vittae; scutellum orange; basicosta black; hind tibia with an irregular row of anterodorsal setae; abdominal tergite 3 with a pair of strong median marginal setae.

Material examined: 1♂ Chekab valley , 34°08′07.2″ N 50°15′56.1″E, 11.vi.2018, 2090 m, pan trap, E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi GoogleMaps .

Distribution: ASIA: Tajikistan, Transcaucasia, Israel. EUROPE: widespread except for Scandinavia and British Isles. New record for Iran.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Tachinidae
Genus	Billaea