Basilia italica Theodor, 1954

Szentiványi, Tamara, Genzoni, Eléonore, Clément, Laura, Radonjić, Marina, Loce, Ervis, Théou, Philippe, Glaizot, Olivier & Christe, Philippe, 2016, Basilia: a new genus to the Albanian bat fly fauna (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 8, pp. 58-61 : 58-59

Basilia italica Theodor

Material examined: Shëngjin [ Albania], 08. VI. 2015., leg. L. Clément & E. Genzoni ; 1 female & 2 males; host: Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl) [identification code: GBIFCH00280595]. Habitat: unused military bunkers, elevation: 10 m.

Remarks: The species parasitizes mainly Myotis mystacinus ( Aellen 1963; Hůrka 1964, 1980; Beaucournu & Noblet 1996; Czuppon & Molnár 2001; Krištofík & Danko 2012), but was also recorded on Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber) ( Czuppon & Molnár 2001) , Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber) ( Czuppon & Molnár 2001) , M. alcathoe (Helversen & Heller) ( Danko et al. 2010) , M. brandtii (Eversmann) ( Hůrka 1980; Czuppon & Molnár 2001), M. emarginatus (E. Geoffroy) (Theodor 1954; Hůrka 1980), M. myotis (Borkhausen) (Theodor 1954; Hutson 1984), and M. nattereri (Kuhl) ( Czuppon & Molnár 2001) .

Distribution: The species is distributed in Europe with sparse occurrences data ( Hůrka 1980). B. italica is known from Albania (present study), France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Theodor 1954; Aellen 1963; Hůrka 1964, 1980; Beaucournu & Noblet 1996; Czuppon & Molnár 2001; Danko et al. 2010; Krištofík & Danko 2012).