Spinturnix scotophili Zumpt & Till, 1954

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Spinturnix scotophili Zumpt & Till, 1954

Spinturnix scotophili Zumpt & Till, 1954: 214 .

( Figs 1A–B )

Material: 1 male, ex female Myotis bocagei (Peters, 1870) , from Ethiopia, Gambela, Mezhenger zone, 10 km west from Meti, surroundings of Lake Bishan-Waka , 7°17'N, 35°16'E, 1370 m ASL, 1 April 2007, leg. Sergei V. Kruskop (collection ID ZMMU S-181605) .

Distribution. Cameroon ( Anciaux de Faveaux 1965), DR Congo (as Belgian Congo – Zumpt 1961), Sudan ( Zumpt & Till 1954), Zaire ( Benoit 1958a, b), China ( Luo et al., 2007); Ethiopia (this study, new record).

Host species: Family Vespertilionidae : Scotophilus colias (as Scotophilus murinoflavus – Zumpt & Till 1954), S. nigrita ( Benoit 1958b) , S. gigas ( Benoit 1958a, b), S. leucogaster ( Anciaux de Faveaux 1965) , Myotis bocagei (this study, new record).

Non-chiropteran host: Unknown.

Medical significance: Unknown.

Notes: Dusbábek & Bergmans (1980) and Beron (2020) reviewed previous records of this species. Luo et al. (2007) recorded five species of Spinturnicidae from Yunnan, China, including Spinturnix scotophili , but their list of hosts does not include any bats. We have not confirmed that record.

Figures

Figure 1. A. Spinturnix scotophili, male, dorsal idiosoma; B. Spinturnix scotophili, male, ventral idiosoma.