Basilia fletcheri

Basilia fletcheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Nycteribiidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Basilia
Subgenus:	Basilia
Species:	B. fletcheri
Binomial name
	Basilia fletcheri; (Scott, 1914)
Synonyms
	Penicillidia fletcheri Scott, 1914;

Basilia fletcheri is parasitic bat fly in the genus Basilia, in the subgenus Basilia.^[1]^[2] It is found in India.

Taxonomic history[]

Hugh Scott described this species in 1914. He named it after its collector, Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher. Two specimens, a male and a female, were discovered on a Dormer's bat in Tamil Nadu, India. Scott placed this species in the genus Kolenati, 1863.^[3] In 1956, Oskar Theodor classified it as belonging to the Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903 genus, which is in the same subfamily as Penicillidia.^[4]

Range[]

It was discovered in Chennai.^[3] Scott later reported that Joseph Charles Bequaert sent him a specimen from Bengaluru, which Scott identified as this species,^[5] but Theodor later wrote this specimen was in fact ; other places specimens have been collected include Navapur and Mumbai.^[4]

Hosts[]

Hosts which specimens have been collected from include: Dormer's bats Scotozous dormeri and Lesser bamboo bats Tylonycteris pachypus.^[4]

Description[]

It is about 2.5 mm long and has a yellowish color.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Maa, Tsing C. (1965). "An Interim World List of Batflies: (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae)1". Journal of Medical Entomology. 1 (4): 380. doi:10.1093/jmedent/1.4.377. PMID 14280491.
^ Maity, Aniruddha; Naskar, Atanu; Mitra, Swati; Chakraborty, Abesh; Hazra, Surajit; Banerjee, Dhriti (May 2014). Indian Louse Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae) (Report). Kolkata: Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India.
^ ^a ^b ^c Scott, Hugh (1914). "On some Oriental Nycteribiidæ [Diptera Pupipara]". Journal of Natural History. Ser. 8. 14 (81): 214–217. doi:10.1080/00222931408693567; Pl. 10. Figs. 1–4. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Theodor, Oskar (1956). "On the genus Tripselia and the group of Basilia bathybothyra (Nycteribiidae, Diptera)". Parasitology. 46 (3–4): 377–380. doi:10.1017/S003118200002655X. PMID 13378884.
^ Scott, Hugh (1917). "Notes on Nycteribiidae, with Descriptions of Two New Genera". Parasitology. 9 (4): 605. doi:10.1017/S0031182000006211.

External links[]

Pape, Thomas; Thompson, F. Christian (20 May 2012). "Basilia (Basilia) fletcheri (Scott, 1914: 214)". Systema Dipterorum: The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera. 1.5. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

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[Maa,_1965-1] Maa, Tsing C. (1965). "An Interim World List of Batflies: (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae)1". Journal of Medical Entomology. 1 (4): 380. doi:10.1093/jmedent/1.4.377. PMID 14280491.

[Maity_et_al.,_2014-2] Maity, Aniruddha; Naskar, Atanu; Mitra, Swati; Chakraborty, Abesh; Hazra, Surajit; Banerjee, Dhriti (May 2014). Indian Louse Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae) (Report). Kolkata: Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India.

[Scott,_1914-3] Scott, Hugh (1914). "On some Oriental Nycteribiidæ [Diptera Pupipara]". Journal of Natural History. Ser. 8. 14 (81): 214–217. doi:10.1080/00222931408693567; Pl. 10. Figs. 1–4. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[Theodor,_1956-4] Theodor, Oskar (1956). "On the genus Tripselia and the group of Basilia bathybothyra (Nycteribiidae, Diptera)". Parasitology. 46 (3–4): 377–380. doi:10.1017/S003118200002655X. PMID 13378884.

[Scott,_1917-5] Scott, Hugh (1917). "Notes on Nycteribiidae, with Descriptions of Two New Genera". Parasitology. 9 (4): 605. doi:10.1017/S0031182000006211.

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