It is generally recognized that the coltivirus genome comprises twelve segments of linear double-stranded RNA (Fujita et al. 2017). Recently, a novel coltivirus, Forest reovirus (TFRV), was identified in free-tailed bats (C. aloysiisabaudiae; Weiss et al. 2017). Interestingly, the virus genome lacks segments 6, 7, and 12, and it was proposed that these missing segments were not identified probably due to low similarities between TFRV and known coltiviruses (Weiss et al. 2017). Strikingly, as with TFRV, we were unable to identify viral segments 6, 7, and 12 in LSPV, despite the use of methods that previously obtained the complete genome of the highly divergent Jingmen tick virus (Qin et al. 2014). It is therefore clear that additional studies are needed to infer whether these segments are indeed absent from LSPV and TFRV. Finally, as pangolin 2-Lishui may have been imported from Indonesia (Fig. 6) it is possible that LSPV, like DYPV, was also imported into China.