Basilia speiseri (Miranda­Ribeiro), Miranda-Ribeiro

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 : 42

Basilia speiseri (Miranda­Ribeiro)

Paraguayan records (36 specimens)

Alto Paraguay: Estancia Parra Cué (Fuerte Olimpo), 3 females from M. nigricans , 16–18.xii.1995; Bahía Negra, 1 female, 1 male from M. albescens , 13.ii.1996. Concepción: Estancia Cerrito, 3 females, 2 males from M. nigricans , 28.xi.1995. Cordillera: Estancia Sombrero, 1 male from M. nigricans , 18.x.1995. Ñeembucú: *Pilar, Tacuaras, 1 female from M. albescens , 12.xii.1900 (Guimarães & D´Andretta 1956). Paraguarí: *Sapucai, 3 females, 2 males from Eptesicus brasiliensis , 28.xii.1901; 2 females from unidentified bat (Guimarães & D´Andretta 1956). Presidente Hayes: E stancia La Victoria, 2 females, 5 males from M. nigricans , 3.viii.1995; 1 male from M. albescens , 1.viii.1995; Estancia Loma Porá, 4 females, 3 males from M. nigricans , 27.vi.1996; 1 male from same host, 22.i.1997; 1 female from M. albescens , same date.

Remarks

During the present survey, B. speiseri was associated only with M. albescens and M. nigricans . However, nearly 85% of the 28 specimens collected were associated with M. nigricans .