Basilia nana Theodor & Moscona, 1954
(a bat-louse fly)

Interactions where Basilia nana is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		ectoparasitises			Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	Greater Horseshoe Bat	Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus ferrumequinum/	Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	greater horseshoe bat					Minor
		ectoparasitises			Myotis bechsteinii	Bechstein’s Bat	Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Myotis bechsteinii/	Myotis bechsteinii	Bechstein's bat					Major
		ectoparasitises			Myotis dasycneme	Pond Bat	Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Myotis dasycneme/	Myotis dasycneme	pond bat
		ectoparasitises			Myotis myotis	Mouse-eared Bat	Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Myotis myotis/	Myotis myotis	mouse-eared bat					Minor
		ectoparasitises			Myotis mystacinus	Whiskered Bat	Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Myotis mystacinus/	Myotis mystacinus	whiskered bat					Minor
		ectoparasitises			Myotis nattereri	Natterer’s Bat	Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Myotis nattereri/	Myotis nattereri	Natterer's bat					Major
		ectoparasitises			[Pipistrellus pipistrellus s.l.]	pipistrelles	Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Pipistrellus pipistrellus s.l./	Pipistrellus pipistrellus s.l.	pipistrelles	?				Minor
		ectoparasitises			Plecotus auritus	Brown Long-eared Bat	Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Basilia nana/	Basilia nana	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Plecotus auritus/	Plecotus auritus	brown long-eared bat					Minor

Author & Year	Title	Source
Hutson, A.M., 1984	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Basilia nana (a bat-louse fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Basilia nana (a bat-louse fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Basilia nana (a bat-louse fly)
Family	NYCTERIBIIDAE (bat flies)
Superfamily	HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Basilia nana is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Basilia nana (a bat-louse fly)

Basilia nana (a bat-louse fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NYCTERIBIIDAE
(bat flies)

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
(bat flies and flat flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Basilia nana (a bat-louse fly):

NYCTERIBIIDAE
(bat flies)

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
(bat flies and flat flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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