Basilia fletcheri
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| Subgenus: | Basilia
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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 Penicillidia 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
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
- 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.
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- ^ PMID 13378884.
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Further reading
- Scott, Hugh (1925). "Zoo-Geographical and Systematic Notes on The Nycteribiidae (Diptera Pupipara) of India, Ceylon and Burma" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum. 27 (5): 353, 358, 365. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 September 2017.
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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