Table 1.

Investigated bat species

Bat suborder	Bat family	Species*	Parasite genus
Yinpterochiroptera	Pteropodidae	Myonycteris angolensis† (3/3)	Plasmodium
		Epomophorus gambianus (1/1), Epomops buettikoferi (7/25), Hypsignathus monstrosus (5/10), Micropteropus pusillus (68/72), Myonycteris leptodon‡ (11/63), Nanonycteris veldkampii (6/8)	Hepatocystis
		Eidolon helvum (0/2), Megaloglossus azagnyi§ (0/12), Rousettus aegyptiacus (0/6), Scotonycteris ophiodon (0/5), Scotonycteris zenkeri (0/5)
	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus alcyone (1/1), Rhinolophus landeri (1/2)	Nycteria
		Rhinolophus guineensis (0/5)
	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros cyclops (3/4)	Plasmodium
		Hipposideros jonesi (0/2), Hipposideros cf ruber (0/10)
Yangochiroptera	Miniopteridae	Miniopterus villiersi (3/12)	Polychromophilus
	Vespertilionidae	Neoromicia capensis (1/3), Pipistrellus aff. grandidieri¶ (1/3)	Polychromophilus
		Neoromicia guineensis (0/1), Pipistrellus bellieri (0/3), Pipistrellus nanulus (0/2)
	Molossidae	Chaerephon nigeriae (0/1), Mops condylurus (0/1), Mops leonis (0/2), Mops thersites (0/7), Otomops martiensseni (0/1)
	Nycteridae	Nycteris arge (0/1), Nycteris hispida (0/1)

^*Infected species are highlighted in bold and numbers of infected per captured individuals are shown in brackets.

Bat species synonyms: ^†Rousettus smithi/ Lissonycteris angolensis, ^‡Myonycteris torquata, ^§Megaloglossus woermanni.

^¶The West African Pipistrellus aff. grandidieri might represent a yet undescribed species.