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Issue: Vol. 1972 No. 1: 7 Jan. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1972.1.6
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from Honduras, parasite of Bauerus dubiaquercus (Van Gelder) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Antrozoinae)

Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cidade Universitária 79070-900 Campo Grande-MS, Brasil. Caixa-Postal: 549
Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Diptera Basilia Bat Fly Bauerus Endangered Taxonomy Vulnerable

Abstract

Basilia (Basilia) dubiaquercus sp. nov. (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) is described. The new species was collected from the bat Bauerus dubiaquercus (Van Gelder) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Honduras. The habitus, abdomen, and male terminalia are figured. Placement of the new species among established species groups of Basilia (Basilia), as well as the conservation status of the species, is discussed.

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