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Table 3 Rickettsia spp. (SFG and RFG and related species) in bat specialist ectoparasites (soft ticks and other, specified in brackets)

From: Rickettsia spp. in bats of Romania: high prevalence of Rickettsia monacensis in two insectivorous bat species

Species

Host

Origin

Country

Ref.

Candidatus ‘Rickettsia andeanae’

Trichobius joblingi (fly)

Carollia perspicillata

Brazil

[33]

Candidatus ‘Rickettsia nicoyana’—related to Candidatus ‘Rickettsia wissemanii’ and R. peacockii

O. knoxjonesi

B. plicata

Costa Rica

[34]

Candidatus ‘Rickettsia wissemanii’—related to R. peacockii

O. hasei

Noctilio albiventris

French Guiana

[35]

Candidatus ‘Rickettsia wissemanii’

O. hasei

Eptesicus diminutus

Argentina

[36]

Candidatus ‘Rickettsia wissemanii’

O. hasei

Artibeus planirostris

Brazil

[37]

R. africae-like sequences

A. vespertilionis

M. dasycneme

Hungary

[38]

R. helvetica

A. vespertilionis

V. murinus

China

[38]

R. helvetica

Nicteridopsylla eusaeca (fly)

N. noctula

Hungary

[39]

R. hoogstraalii

A. transgariepinus

P. hesperidus

South Africa

[38]

R. lusitaniae

O. yumatensis

Caves walls

Mexico

[40]

R. lusitaniae

Ornithodoros spp.

Balantiopteryx plicata

Mexico

[38]

R. lusitaniae

A. vespertilionis

V. murinus

China

[38]

Rickettsia spp. Av 22 related to AvBat

A. vespertilionis

Multiple bats species

Hungary

[38]

Rickettsia spp. AvBat, related to Rickettsia sp. strain S and R. africae

A. vespertilionis

Home attic

France

[27]

Rickettsia spp. related to R. honei-like strains

A. vespertilionis

Scotophilus kuhlii

Pakistan

[41]

Rickettsia spp. related to R. massiliae and Candidatus ‘Rickettsia barbariae’

Spinturnix myoti (mite)

M. myotis

Poland

[42]

Rickettsia spp. related to R. peacockii and R. rickettsii

Carios (O.) kelleyi

buildings

Iowa, USA

[43]*

Rickettsia spp. related to R. raoultii

Eucampsipoda madagascarensis (fly) Penicillidia leptothrinax (fly)

Rousettus madagascariensis

Madagascar

[44]

Rickettsia spp. related to R. sibirica and R. conorii (17kDA 100% similar)

A. vespertilionis

P. pipistrellus

P. auritus

England

[45]

  1. *In this study it was also demonstrated that both trans-stadial and transovarial transmissions are possible