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 Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1867 Fig. 14 E–F Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1867: 17 . Fig. 14. Distribution maps. A–B . Lavia frons (E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1810). C–D . Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1852 . E–F . Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1867 . A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution. * Rhinolophus blasii empusa (Andersen, 1904: 378 ) . In the CRB region, this species is represented by a single specimen from Moba, Tanganyika Province. Happold (2013f: 312) mentions that R. blasii empusa occurs from the southern DRC to the former Transvaal ( RSA ). The map she presents also indicates that the Pan-African distribution for R. blasii contains three centres of gravity: one in the southern half of Africa, starting in the southern DRC and Tanzania to the northeastern part of the RSA ; a second one in Ethiopia and a third north of the Sahara in Morocco , Algeria and Tunisia . Based on SDM data, we suspect that there might be a connection between the southern and the eastern areas, but the connection towards the Maghrabian populations doesn’t seem to be straightforward. This might warrant further investigation to confirm the specific relation between these two separate areas. Happold (2013f: 313) also plotted a second specimen in the neighbourhood of Likasi (Haut-Katanga Province), but that specimen could not be traced.