Table 1.

Checklist of Besnoitia species and their hosts reported in sub-Saharan Africa (1960-2021).

Besnoitia species	Country where reported	Type of infections	Intermediate host	References
B. besnoiti	Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe	Natural	Cattle (Bovine), blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), African lion (Panthera leo), Impala (Aepyceros melampus), Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)	Bigalke and Naude, 1962; McCully et al., 1966; Bwangamoi, 1968; Hussein and Haroun, 1975; Kumi-Diaka et al., 1981; Janitschke et al., 1984,Sekoni et al., 1992; Njagi et al., 1998; Njenga et al., 1999b; Dubey et al., 2013; Chatikobo et al., 2013; Sambo et al., 2014; Zango et al., 2016; Alsacia et al., 2017; Habarugira et al., 2019; Seltmann et al., 2020
B. caprae	Kenya	Natural	Goats (Caprine), sheep (Ovine)	Bwangamoi et al., 1989; Njenga et al., 1999a
B. bennetti	Kenya, South Africa	Natural	Horse (Equine)	Bwangamoi, 1972; Van Heerden et al., 1993
Besnoitia sp.	Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa	Natural	Cattle, goats, rabbit (Oryctolagus spp), warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)	Keep and Basson, 1973; Heydorn et al., 1984; Mbuthia et al., 1993; Igbokwe et al., 2000
B. darlingi-like	Namibia	Natural	Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)	Schares et al., 2021