Nycteribia kolenatii Theodor & Moscona, 1954

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 : 116

Nycteribia kolenatii Theodor & Moscona, 1954

Published records. Peștera Liliecilor de la Gura Dobrogei ( Burghele-Bălăcescu 1966), host unknown;Avenul Betfia, Somova ( Haelewaters et al. 2017; Sándor et al. 2018; McKee et al. 2019; Sándor et al. 2021), host Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl) . Canaraua Fetii, Peștera Tunel de la Hagieni, Somova ( Haelewaters et al. 2017; Sándor et al. 2018; McKee et al. 2019) host My. bechsteinii . Avenul Betfia, Peștera Liliecilor de la Gura Dobrogei ( Haelewaters et al. 2017; Sándor et al. 2018), host My. blythii . Canaraua Fetii, Peștera Tunel de la Hagieni, Peștera Liliecilor de la Gura Dobrogei, Canaraua Fetii, Roșia, Somova ( Haelewaters et al. 2017; Sándor et al. 2018; McKee et al. 2019), host My. daubentonii . Avenul Betfia, Cepari, Prundu Bârgăului, Șanț, Peștera Gaura cu Muscă ( Haelewaters et al. 2017; Sándor et al. 2018; McKee et al. 2019) host My. myotis . ‘Banat’ [likely Peștera Gaura cu Muscă] ( Kolenati 1857b), host R. ferrumequinum .

Material examined. Muntele Puciosu , 21.09.2017, 2 males , host My. bechsteinii . Peştera Limanu , 01.05.2017, 1 female ; Peștera Tunel de la Hagieni , 20.05.2017, 1 female, 1 male ; Canaraua Fetii , 22.05.2017, 1 male ; 02.08.2018, 2 males ; 20.09.2019, 1 male; Peștera Mare de la Merești , 26.08.2017, 1 female, 1 male ; 03.09.2020, 3 females, 7 males ; Peștera Lócsűr (Cheile Vârghișului), 23.08.2018, 1 female ; Somova , 19.09.2019, 42 females, 44 males ; Cheile Corcoaia , 24.08.2020, 1 female, 1 male ; Peștera de la Întorsuri 21.09.2020, 2 females, 6 males ; Peștera Osoi , 22.09.2020, 2 males ; 2020.09.24, Peștera cu Apă, de la Leșu, 4 males , host My. daubentonii . Peștera Osoi , 22.09.2020, 1 male , host My. nattereri .

Distribution. One of the most widespread nycteribiid species in Europe ( Szentiványi et al. 2016). Common in Romania, collected from all historical regions with 16 distinct geographical records altogether.

Remarks. The typical ectoparasite of My. daubentonii , present in most screened host populations, with a few odd records on other forest-dwelling species.