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Table 2 Concise summary of 63 P. fulvida host associations in Kenya

From: Remarkably low host specificity in the bat fly Penicillidia fulvida (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) as assessed by mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S sequence data

Host family

No. of P. fulvida specimensa

Host species

No. of P. fulvida

Percentage total associationsb

Miniopteridae

34

Miniopterus clade 1

7

11.1

Miniopterus clade 1 or 4

11

17.5

Miniopterus clade 10

6

9.5

Miniopterus clade 2

6

9.5

Miniopterus clade 3

1

1.6

Miniopterus clade 4 or 7

2

3.2

Miniopterus clade 8

1

1.6

Rhinolophidae

12

Rhinolophus clivosus 2

2

3.2

Rhinolophus fumigatus 2–3

1

1.6

Rhinolophus fumigatus 3

5

7.9

Rhinolophus fumigatus 4

1

1.6

Rhinolophus fumigatus 8

1

1.6

Rhinolophus cf. landeri

2

3.2

Vespertilionidae

10

Myotis tricolor

10

15.9

Emballonuridae

5

Coleura afra

4

6.3

Taphozous hildegardeae

1

1.6

Rhinonycteridae

1

Triaenops afer

1

1.6

Nycteridae

1

Nycteris thebaica

1

1.6

  1. aTwo specimens with uncertain host associations (BDP4273-4a and b) are excluded
  2. bProportionally, Miniopterus “clade 1 or 4” and Myotis tricolor hosted the most P. fulvida (17.5% and 15.9% respectively)