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 Neoromicia capensis (A. Smith, 1829) Fig. 43 E–F Vespertilio Capensis A. Smith, 1829: 435 . * Eptesicus capensis (A. Smith, 1829) . * Eptesicus garambae ” J.A. Allen, 1917: 445 . * Eptesicus minutus ” (Temminck, 1835) : 209 . * Eptesicus grandidieri ” (Dobson, 1876) : 500 . Hayman et al. (1966: 46) already pointed to the confused status of the nomenclature of the small, darkwinged African members of the genus Eptesicus , where they indicated that E. capensis might include the following synonyms: garambae , minutus , grandidieri and possibly pusillus . Although the situation at the species level has been resolved, the supraspecific (generic) assignment of the African taxa once considered to belong to either Eptesicus or Pipistrellus still remains uncertain. Currently, these taxa are assigned to Eptesicus , Pipistrellus , Neoromicia and Hypsugo , of which the former does not have representatives in the CRB area. One of the major reasons for this confusion is that there are hardly any morphological characters which easily distinguish these genera (see Van Cakenberghe & Happold 2013a: 600 ). Based on bacular morphology, Hill & Harrison (1987: 261) suggested that capensis should be transferred from the genus Eptesicus to the genus Pipistrellus and more specifically to the subgenus Neoromicia . Based on dental characters, Menu (1987: 33) placed capensis in the genus Nycterikaupius . Karyological data led Volleth et al. (2001: 25) to elevate the subgenus Neoromicia to generic rank. Distributionwise, Hayman et al. (1966: 46) provided data for four taxa: capensis , “ garambae ”, “ grandidieri ” and “ minutus ”, which were plotted on maps 54, 55, 56 and 57. The specimens identified as belonging to the latter two taxa were only reported from the area of the Garamba National Park (Haut Uélé Province). Specimens belonging to capensis were reported from two additional localities in the northern part of the DRC and also from a number of localities in the southern former provinces of Katanga and Kasai, as well as from Léopoldville (= Kinshasa). The SDM map indicates that the core area of distribution for N. capensis is southern Africa, south of the DRC , but also that specimens have been reported from as far north as Guinea , Ghana , Togo and Cameroon in western Africa and South Sudan and Ethiopia in the east. The map provided by Kearney (2013c: 615) shows a gap in NE (sic) Angola / SW DRC , and one from the central DRC over Tanzania to Mozambique , which might reflect insufficient sampling. However, she also left a gap between the DRC specimens and those from Cameroon , suggesting that the West African populations might be isolated from the remainder of the distribution area and represent another taxon. This might either be a different species or a form of capensis , which has not yet been named, as Kearney doesn’t mention any subspecies from that part of the continent.