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ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LXII 2001 pp. 313-317 Bat fly genus and species new to Hungary (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) B. Czuppon and V. Molnár Bat fly genus and species new to Hungary (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) — During the identification of more than 700 Nycteribiidae from the bats caught during the nettings of the Association for Bat Protection, Budapest, between 1996 and 2000 the authors managed to find a genus (Basilia) and three species (Basilia italica, 10 specimens; Basilia nana, 34 specimens; Basilia nattereri, 32 specimens) of bat flies which are new for the fauna of Hungary, and whose description is included in the present article. Key words: Diptera, bat flies, Basilia, Hungary, new records. Bat flies were gathered from bats caught between 1996 and 2000 during bat netting by the Association for Bat Protection, Budapest (ABPB). More than 700 Nycteribiidae were collected from their hosts and identified. Three species were found which have not been reported formally from Hungary. All the three belong to a genus that has not been represented by any single species in Hungary, i.e. the genus is also new for the fauna of Hungary. Basilia italica Theodor, 1954 Nr. 1. - 1 female: Bajót, Baits-barlang, from male Eptesicus serotinus , 27.07.1996.; Nr. 2. - 1 female: Tardos, Gorba-tetői zsomboly, from male Barbastella barbastellus , 03.08.1996.; Nr. 3. - 1 male: Bajót, Baits-barlang, from female Myotis mystacinus, 28.07.1998.; Nr. 4. - 1 female: Tardos, Gorba-tetői zsomboly, from female M. mystacinus, 29.07.1998.; Nr. 5-6. 1 male and 1 female: Pilisszentkereszt, Ordöglyuk-barlang, from male M. brandtii, 21.07.1999.; Nr. 7. - 1 female: Tardos, Malomvölgyi-tó, from male M. mystacinus, 03.08.1999.; Nr. 8-9. - 1 male and 1 female: Tardos, Malomvölgyi-tó, from female M. mystacinus, 01.08.2000.; Nr. 10. - 1 female: Pilisszentkereszt, Ordöglyuk-barlang, from male Myotis nattereri, 01.09.2000. Leg. ABPB, det. Czuppon B.[alázs]. Both the species and the genus are new for the Hungarian fauna. Its main host is M. mystacinus (rarely M. brandti), and no literary evidence was found of any other bat species on which Basilia italica could be found. It is therefore very interesting that besides the seven specimens found on M. mystacinus and M. brandtii there were three other specimens collected from three different species of bats.
