Basilia nana Theodor & Moscona

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 : 59

Basilia nana Theodor & Moscona

Material examined: Përmet [ Albania], 04. VI. 2015. leg. L. Clément & E. Genzoni ; 1 female & 2 males; host: Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl) [identification code: GBIFCH00280577]. Habitat: cave, elevation: 500m.

Remarks: Basilia nana seems to utilize mostly tree-dwelling bat species since its main hosts are Myotis bechsteinii (Theodor 1954; Theodor & Moscona 1954; Grulich & Povolný 1955; Aellen 1963; Hůrka 1964; Kock 1973, 1999; Hutson 1984; Beaucournu & Noblet 1996; Rupp 1999; Czuppon & Molnár 2001; Rupp et al. 2004; Reckardt & Kerth 2006; Scheffler 2010; Scheffler & Hiller 2010; Baagøe 2011; Krištofík & Danko 2012) and M. nattereri ( Theodor & Moscona 1954; Grulich & Povolný 1955; Hůrka 1980; Hutson 1984; Imaz et al. 1999; Czuppon & Molnár 2001; Topál 2011). Occasionally it also occurs on Barbastella barbastellus ( Grulich & Povolný 1955) , Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl) ( Aellen 1963) , Myotis blythii (Tomes) ( Hůrka 1964, 1980; Czuppon & Molnár 2001), M. dasycneme (Boie) (Theodor 1954, 1967; Theodor & Moscona 1954; Hutson 1984), M. daubentonii (Kuhl) ( Haitlinger 1978; Czuppon & Molnár 2001), M. emarginatus ( Theodor & Moscona 1954; Theodor 1967; Beaucournu & Noblet 1996), M. myotis (Borkhausen) ( Theodor & Moscona 1954; Grulich & Povolný 1955; Aellen 1963; Hůrka 1964, 1980; Krištofík 1982; Hutson 1984; Czuppon & Molnár 2001; Güttinger et al. 2011), M. mystacinus (Kuhl) (Theodor 1954, 1967; Theodor & Moscona 1954; Kock 1973), Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber) ( Hutson 1984) , Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus) (Theodor 1954; Theodor & Moscona 1954; Beaucournu 1961; Walter 2004), Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber) ( Hutson 1984) and R. hipposideros (Bechstein) ( Theodor & Moscona 1954) .

Distribution: B. nana has been recorded in several European countries: Albania (present study), Austria, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands) and Palestine (Theodor 1954; Theodor & Moscona 1954; Aellen 1963; Czuppon & Molnár 2001; Pape & Beuk 2013).

Based on their geographical distribution, the occurrence of B. mongolensis nudior Hůrka , and B. nattereri (Kolenati) , is also expected as new species to the Albanian bat fly fauna.