Bessa

For the town of ancient Locris, Greece, see Bessa (Locris). For the Portuguese surname, see Bessa (name).

Bessa is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[4][5][6]

Bessa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Exoristini
Genus:	Bessa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1]
Type species
Bessa secutrix Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1]
Synonyms
Daeochaeta Townsend, 1892[2] Hubertia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1] Lilaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1] Myrsina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1] Osmina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1] Prosopodes Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889[3] Ptychomyia Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889[3] Thalpia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1]

Species

• Bessa africana (Curran, 1941)^[7]
• Bessa harveyi (Townsend, 1892)^[2]
• Bessa parallela (Meigen, 1824)^[8]
• Bessa remota (Aldrich, 1925)^[9]
• Bessa selecta (Meigen, 1824)^[8]