Basilia nattererii ( Kolenati, 1857b )

Péter, Áron, Mihalca, Andrei Daniel & Sándor, Attila D., 2022, Annotated checklist of the bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) of Romania, Zootaxa 5120 (1), pp. 111-127 : 115-116

Basilia nattererii ( Kolenati, 1857b)

Published records. Avenul nr. 2 din Sohodoale Mici-Motru Sec, host My. mystacinus ( Decu-Burghele 1962) . Peștera Fușteica, host My. myotis ( Burghele-Bălăcescu 1966) .

Distribution. A common Basilia species distributed all over Europe, especially in Southern and Central Europe; rare in Romania, collected only at two distinct sites.

Remarks. The primary host of this species is My. nattereri ; however, it has been recorded on at least eight other species in Europe ( Szentiványi et al. 2016). In Romania it has only been recorded on secondary hosts.