Basilia plaumanni Scott

Graciolli, Gustavo, Dick, Carl W. & Gettinger, Donald, 2006, A faunal survey of nycteribiid flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) associated with bats in Paraguay, Zootaxa 1220, pp. 35-46 : 41-42

Basilia plaumanni Scott

Distribution Alto Paraguay (20), Boquerón (19, 24), Caaguazú (*), Canindeyú (21), Misiones (8). Paraguayan records (25 specimens)

Alto Paraguay: Destacamento Militar Gabino Mendoza, 4 females, 3 males from E. furinalis , 3.ix.1996. Boquerón: Cañada Mil (Pedro P. Peña), 2 females, 5 males from E. furinalis , 23.viii.1996; Dr. Pedro P. Peña, 1 male from Histiotus macrotus (Poeppig) , 19.viii.1996; Parque Nacional Teniente Enciso, 1 male from Eptesicus diminutus Osgood , 21.iii.1997. * Caaguazú: Paso Yobay, 3 females, 3 males from Histiotus montanus (Philippi and Landbeck) (Guimarães & D´Andretta 1956). Canindeyú: Estancia Rivas, 1 male from E. furinalis , 3.x.1996. Misiones: Refugio Yabebyry — Santa Ana (Ayolas), 1 female, 1 male from E. furinalis , 8.i.1996.

Remarks

Although B. plaumanni was reported previously from Paraguayan H. montanus (Guimarães & D´Andretta 1956), this is the first report of the species from E. furinalis and E. diminutus in Paraguay. See discussion for information on host associations of B. plaumanni .