The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Author Cakenberghe, Victor Van 9A0E1AF5-C248-4648-9D64-443112890346 University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Functional Morphology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein, 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 9 A 0 E 1 AF 5 - C 248 - 4648 - 9 D 64 - 443112890346 & Corresponding author: Victor. VanCakenberghe @ uantwerpen. be akenberghe@uantwerpen.be Author Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu 2AE2F96F-A138-419B-B650-6DB44D535D14&4C40421C-1D84-4BD1-A444-360300ECBEEC Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Email: gembuguycrispin @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 2 AE 2 F 96 F-A 138 - 419 B-B 650 - 6 DB 44 D 535 D 14 & Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Email: prescottmusaba @ yahoo. fr & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 4 C 40421 C- 1 D 84 - 4 BD 1 - A 444 - 360300 ECBEEC gembuguycrispin@gmail.com&prescottmusaba@yahoo.fr Author Akawa, Prescott Musaba Author Seamark, Ernest B60CA9A1-D288-468E-AEEB-D0F136E96F5B AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, Republic of South Africa. & Email: ernest. seamark @ africanbats. org & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 60 CA 9 A 1 - D 288 - 468 E-AEEB-D 0 F 136 E 96 F 5 B ernest.seamark@africanbats.org Author Verheyen, Erik 86B40463-E3D9-4147-9ED3-D7302E0D64B6 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & Email: erik. verheyen @ naturalsciences. be & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 86 B 40463 - E 3 D 9 - 4147 - 9 ED 3 - D 7302 E 0 D 64 B 6 erik.verheyen@naturalsciences.be text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-12-18 382 1 327 journal article 21810 10.5852/ejt.2017.382 ea406606-dfbd-4121-9d8c-108041a032b4 2118-9773 3860077 FA508A12-9BDB-4A2B-9B0C-98FDD161443C Glauconycteris variegata (Tomes, 1861) Fig. 40 C–D Scotophilus variegatus Tomes,1861: 31 , 36. * Glauconycteris variegata papilio (Thomas, 1905) : 77 . Although most recent authors consider papilio to be a synonym of G. variegata (e.g., Simmons 2005 ) or even G. v. variegata (e.g., Lanza et al. 2015 ), Monadjem et al. (2010b: 417) – referring to a statement made by Hayman (1963: 107) on the possible specific status of papilio – suggest that a detailed study of this species group is necessary to resolve this matter. For the DRC , Hayman et al. (1966: 50 , map 66) indicate that G. variegata primarily occurs in the northeastern part of the country (Haut-Uélé and Nord-Kivu Provinces) and in the southeast (Haut- Lomami and Haut-Katanga Provinces). From the western part of the country, they report it from Boma (Kongo Central Province) and Kwamouth (Mai-Ndombe Province). The second record they mapped from Kongo Central Province could not be traced, but they also did not map Mbala in Tanganyika Province. We could only add two additional localities: one on the northwestern bank of Lake Tanganyika (Sud-Kivu Province) and at Boteka (Equateur Province). The map given by Happold (2013 af: 577) shows a very patchy distribution area stretching from Senegal to Somalia and southwards to northeastern RSA . Based on specimen data from ACR (2016: 1230) and climatic data, our distribution map fills in most of the gaps between the patches.