Basilia carteri 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 : 40-41

Basilia carteri Scott

Distribution

Alto Paraguay (7, 10, 20), Amambay (12), Boquerón (*), Concepción (6, 13), Cordillera (4), Ñeembucú (14, *), Paraguarí (*), Presidente Hayes (1, 16, *).

Paraguayan records (102 specimens)

Alto Paraguay: Bahía Negra, 4 females, 4 males from Myotis albescens (É. Geoffroy) , 13.ii.1996; Estancia Parra Cué (Fuerte Olimpo), 2 females, 5 males from same host, 16.xii.1996; Fuerte Olimpo, 1 female from Myotis nigricans (Schinz) , 13.xii.1996; Destacamento Militar Gabino Mendoza, 10 females, 7 males from same host, 3–7.ix.1996. Amambay: Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, 2 females, 2 males from Myotis riparius Handley , 26–30.iii.1996. Boquerón: * Cañada Elisa, 7 km N, 14 km E Mariscal E stigarribia, 1 female, 2 males from M. nigricans , 20.viii.1995. Concepción: Estancia Santa Clara (Estancia Cerrito), 4 females, 1 male from M. nigricans , 30.xi.1995; Parque Nacional Serranía de San Luis, 1 female, 1 male from same host, 9.xii.1996; 1 female from M. riparius , 17.iv.1996. Cordillera: Estancia Sombrero, 1 female, 2 males from M. riparius , 15.x.1995. Ñeembucu: Estancia Yacaré, 1 male from M. albescens , 12.v.1996; *Pilar, Tacuaras, 3 females, 4 males from same host, 12.xii.1900 (Guimarães & D´Andretta 1956). Paraguarí: *Sapucay, 4 females, 2 males from Eptesicus brasiliensis ; 3 females from unidentified bat (Guimarães & D´Andretta, 1956). Presidente Hayes: E stancia La Victoria, 1 female from Eptesicus furinalis , 3.viii.1995; 1 female, 3 males from M. albescens , 1–3.viii.1995; 4 males from M. nigricans , 3.viii.1995; Estancia Loma Porá, 1 female from M. nigricans , 25.i.1997; 11 females, 9 males from M. albescens , 22–25.i.1997; *Makthlawaiya, 2 females, 2 males from Molossops temminckii , 20.i.1927 ( Scott 1936).

Remarks

Based on results from the present survey, B. carteri is primarily associated with three species of Myotis in Paraguay ( Table 2 ).