Annotated checklist of the bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) of Romania Author Péter, Áron Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur 3 - 5, RO- 300472 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Author Mihalca, Andrei Daniel 0000-0001-6076-7914 Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur 3 - 5, RO- 300472 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. & amihalca @ usamvcluj. ro; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6076 - 7914 amihalca@usamvcluj.ro Author Sándor, Attila D. Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur 3 - 5, RO- 300472 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. & Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-03-24 5120 1 111 127 journal article 20077 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.1.7 9128f830-c22d-4184-9537-5e0b4b6db548 1175-5326 6388954 0336B096-F90C-4AF3-BF32-4CA854E88F05 Basilia italica Theodor, 1954 Published records. Ic Ponor, 1 female , 1 male , host Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl) ( Péter et al. 2021 ) . Material examined. Aghireșu, 02.09.2020 , 1 female ; Peștera Mare de la Merești, 02.09.2020 , 1 male ; host in both cases Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber) . Distribution. Southern and Central Europe. Rare in Romania , collected only at three distinct sites. Remarks. A rare fly species, mostly recorded on forest-dwelling, small-sized bat species. Its primary hosts are Myotis brandtii (Eversmann) and My. mystacinus , with several records also from Myotis alcathoe von Helversen & Heller and six other species ( Szentiványi et al. 2016 ).