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 Scotoecus albofuscus (Thomas, 1890) Fig. 47 E–F Scotophilus albofuscus Thomas, 1890: 84 . * Nycticeius (Scotoecus) albofuscus woodi (Thomas, 1917) : 280 . Although Hayman et al. (1966: 56) considered Scotoecus to be a subgenus of Nycticeius , its generic status was already restored by Rosevear (1965: 246) and Koopman (1965: 17) , who were followed by Hill (1974b: 171) , Koopman (1993: 226 , 1994: 127 ) and Simmons (2005: 461 , 464). Only one specimen of this species has been reported from the CRB area up until now: RMCA 22412 from Baudouinville (= Moba), Tanganyika Province. It was first mentioned by Hayman (1957: 44) and subsequently confirmed by Fain (1959: 161) , Hill (1974b: 177) , Anciaux de Faveaux (1983: 29) , Monadjem et al. (2010b: 506) and Happold (2013 aj: 668). The distribution map presented by Happold (2013 aj: 668) clearly illustrates the rarity of this species in scientific collections, as only individual records are plotted, with the exception of small areas in Sierra Leone and The Gambia . The species occurs from the latter country in West Africa to Northern Cameroon and then continuing from northwestern Uganda , over Tanzania , southeastern DRC and Mozambique to the RSA . This leaves a wide gap between Cameroon and Uganda . ACR (2016: 1283) mentions three specimens from the Central African Republic , which narrow this gap a bit, but it nevertheless remains wide. We concur with Ansell & Dowsett (1988: 43), who state that “this species is rarely collected, though it has a wide range from Senegal to southern Mozambique . It is no doubt more widespread in Malawi than the single recorded locality would indicate”, and believe this is also the case for many other countries. The SDM map suggests that S. albofuscus potentially can occur along the northern border of the DRC , where it can bridge the gap between the two areas where it has been found up until now.