avfiiilable for subspecies determination. Material from the crater 

 of Mt. Menengai (HH legit ) recently has been described by Arthur 

 (I956A) as I. simplex africanus 7 . 



SOUTHERN AFRICA ; UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA /"Arthur (1956A) . 

 Note ; According to Bedford (1932B), the record of I. pilosus 

 howardi from a bat, reported by Howard (1908), may "Be I. simplex , 

 but the material is not now available and the subspecies or spe- 

 cies cannot be determined. The specimens referred to as I. 

 simplex by Zumpt (1950B) have not been reexamined. A clolely 

 related species or subspecies, of uncertain taxonomic status, 

 is noted by Arthur (1956A) from the Irene caves near Pretoria_y. 



/'?NORTH AFRICA; Specimen with this designation noted by 

 Arthii? (TOT7T7 



Near East 



PALESTINE (Arthur 1956A). 



Europe 



GREECE (Schulze 1937B. Pandazis 19^7. Arthur 1956A). 

 FRANCE (Arthur 1956A). 



Asia 



"KASHMIR CR A NEIGHBORING COUNTRY" /"Type locality according 

 to Arthur (1956A) 7- CHINA (Neumann 19C)6,1911. Arthur 1956A). 

 JAPAN (Kishida 1930. Arthur 195^^). 



HOSTS 



Bats known to be hosts of I. simplex simplex or of "I. 

 simplex " axe those of the genus^ ^Rhinoiophus , family RhinoTophidae , 

 the horseshoe bats: Miniopterus , long-fingered bats (all pre- 

 viously vinreported); and iVotis , mouse-eared bats. Both latter 

 genera are in the family Ve spert ilionidae and both families are 

 in the suborder Microchiroptera (insectivoroiis bats). 



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