Spinturnix scotophili Zumpt & Till 1954

Spinturnix scotophili Zumpt & Till, 1954 Spinturnix scotophili Zumpt & Till, 1954: 214. (Figs 1A–B) Material: 1 male, ex female Myotis bocagei (Peters, 1870), from Ethiopia, Gambela, Mezhenger zone, 10 km west from Meti, surroundings of Lake Bishan-Waka, 7°17'N, 35°16'E, 1370 m ASL, 1 April 2007, leg. Sergei V. Kruskop (collection ID ZMMU S-181605). Distribution. Cameroon (Anciaux de Faveaux 1965), DR Congo (as Belgian Congo – Zumpt 1961), Sudan (Zumpt & Till 1954), Zaire (Benoit 1958a, b), China (Luo et al., 2007); Ethiopia (this study, new record). Host species: Family Vespertilionidae: Scotophilus colias (as Scotophilus murinoflavus – Zumpt & Till 1954), S. nigrita (Benoit 1958b), S. gigas (Benoit 1958a, b), S. leucogaster (Anciaux de Faveaux 1965), Myotis bocagei (this study, new record). Non-chiropteran host: Unknown. Medical significance: Unknown. Notes: Dusbábek & Bergmans (1980) and Beron (2020) reviewed previous records of this species. Luo et al. (2007) recorded five species of Spinturnicidae from Yunnan, China, including Spinturnix scotophili, but their list of hosts does not include any bats. We have not confirmed that record.