Table 1.

Sampling sites and dates for bat flies from Ghana and Gulf of Guinea islands

Bat host species	Country/island	Sampling dates	Region/site	Latitude	Longitude	Samples
Eidolon helvum	Ghana	25–26 March 2009; 17 January 2012; 26 March 2016–5 May 2016	Accra, 37 Hospital	5.5882	−0.1824	151
			Brong Ahafo, Tanoboase	7.6466	−1.8824	7
	Bioko	21–26 May 2010	Malabo, Hess compound	3.7471	8.7701	6
			Malabo, New Spanish embassy	3.7521	8.7723	170
	Príncipe	5–12 April 2010	Micoto	1.6802	7.3895	2
			Novo	1.5897	7.3373	79
	São Tomé	19 March–23 April 2010	Binda	0.2333	6.4833	9
			Canecao	0.3406	6.5629	7
			Cruzeiro	0.2861	6.6781	3
			Monte Cehada/Isla Calici	0.0223	6.5166	30
			Ponta Baleia	0.0430	6.5443	75
			Porto Alegre	0.0289	6.5320	41
	Annobón	10–14 May 2010	Adjo/Mábana	−1.4592	5.6453	131
Rousettus aegyptiacus	Ghana	25 January 2012; 7–8 May 2016	Brong Ahafo, Buoyem Cave	7.6681	−1.9617	45
	Príncipe	10–11 April 2010	Novo	1.5897	7.3373	1
	São Tomé	30 March 2010	Ponta Baleia	0.0430	6.5443	10