''Basilia boardmani'', the southeastern myotis bat fly, is a species of

fly Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

in the family

Nycteribiidae Nycteribiidae is a family of the true fly superfamily Hippoboscoidea. Together with their close relatives the Streblidae, they are known as "bat flies". As the latter do not seem to be a monophyletic group, it is conceivable that bat flies ca ...

. The insect is parasitic, and lives by taking blood meals from its host, a species of bat. It differs from all other ''Basilia'' species by the presence of a finger-like process on the

metanotum The metathorax is the posterior of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the third pair of legs. Its principal sclerites ( exoskeletal plates) are the metanotum (dorsal), the metasternum ( ventral), and the metapleuron (late ...

of the female (behind thoracic membrane).

References

Nycteribiidae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1934 Wingless Diptera {{Hippoboscoidea-stub