{{short description|Genus of flies}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Piligena | authority = Emden, 1947<ref name="Emden1947">{{cite journal |last1=Emden |first1=F.I. van |title=Keys to the Ethiopian Tachinidae.—II. Dexiinae |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |date=1947 |volume=116 |issue=3–4 |pages=627–674 + 3 pls|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1947.tb00141.x }}</ref> | type_species = ''Piligena mackieae''<!-- mackieae Emden (By monotypy)--> | type_species_authority = Emden, 1947<ref name="Emden1947"/> | synonyms = }}

'''''Piligena''''' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.<ref name="OHara2020">{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Henderson |first2=Shannon J. |first3=D. Monty |last3=Wood |title=Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World|url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=26 December 2023 |date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

==Species== *''Piligena mackieae'' <small>Emden, 1947</small><ref name="Emden1947"/>

==Distribution== South Africa, Zimbabwe.

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Category:Dexiinae Category:Brachycera genera Category:Monotypic Brachycera genera Category:Insects of Zimbabwe Category:Insects of South Africa Category:Flies of Africa

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