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Table 1 Distribution of bat flies in the different caves and bat species. The number of flies of a given species found on each bat species and in each cave is shown. Numbers between brackets refer to the number of bats infested by a given bat fly species. For each cave, the sum of all infested bats by a given bat fly species is not necessarily equal to the total number of infested bats due to the co-infestation by different bat fly species of one bat individual.

From: Bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) infesting cave-dwelling bats in Gabon: diversity, dynamics and potential role in Polychromophilus melanipherus transmission

 

Bat species

 

C.a

H.c

H.g

M.i

R.a

All bat species

Faucon cave

      

 Total bat number

41

41

31

71

0

184

 Total infested bat number

4

2

0

62

–

68

  E. africana

0

2 (1)

–

0

–

2 (1)

  N. schmidlii scotti

1 (1)

0

–

134 (55)

–

135 (56)

  P. fulvida

4 (3)

1 (1)

–

25 (20)

–

30 (24)

Zadie cave

      

 Total bat number

0

66

77

0

111

254

 Total infested bat number

–

1

0

–

31

32

 E. africana

–

1 (1)

–

–

59 (31)

60 (32)

Kessipoughou cave

      

 Total bat number

0

90

209

126

40

465

 Total infested bat number

–

41

50

84

29

204

 E. africana

–

0

4 (3)

0

91 (26)

95 (29)

  N. schmidlii scotti

–

8 (5)

4 (3)

187 (80)

11 (3)

210 (91)

  P. fulvida

–

0

1 (1)

16 (13)

0

17 (14)

  R. huberi

–

89 (35)

6 (6)

0

0

95 (41)

  B. allaudi

–

2 (2)

53 (39)

2 (2)

1(1)

58 (44)

Djibilong cave

      

 Total bat number

0

88

0

157

6

251

 Total infested bat number

–

12

–

120

3

135

  E. africana

–

0

–

3 (1)

7 (2)

10 (3)

  N. schmidlii scotti

–

2 (2)

–

306 (114)

2 (1)

310 (117)

  P. fulvida

–

0

–

24 (17)

0

24 (17)

  R. huberi

–

15 (10)

–

0

0

15 (10)

  B. allaudi

–

0

–

2 (1)

0

2 (1)

All caves

      

 Total bat number

41

285

317

354

157

1154

 Total infested bat number

4

56

50

266

63

439

  E. africana

0

3 (2)

4 (3)

3 (1)

157 (59)

167 (65)

  N. schmidlii scotti

1 (1)

10 (7)

4 (3)

627 (249)

13 (4)

655 (264)

  P. fulvida

4 (3)

1 (1)

1 (1)

65 (50)

0

71 (55)

  R. huberi group

0

104 (45)

6 (6)

0

0

110 (51)

  B. allaudi

0

2 (2)

53 (39)

4 (3)

1 (1)

60 (45)

  1. Abbreviations: C.a Coleura afra, H.c Hipposideros caffer complex, H.g Hipposideros gigas; M.i Miniopterus inflatus, R.a Rousettus aegyptiacus