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Species Basilia boardmani

bat fly - Basilia boardmani - female bat fly - Basilia boardmani - female bat fly - Basilia boardmani - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Hippoboscoidea
Family Nycteribiidae
Genus Basilia
Species boardmani (Basilia boardmani)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Basilia boardmani Rozeboom, 1934
Identification
Differs from all other Basilia by the presence of a finger-like process on the metanotum of female (behind thoracic membrane).
Remarks
Only species of Basilia known from Myotis austroriparius; Myotis lucifugus is also a host.