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 guineensis ( Bocage, 1889 ) Fig. 44 A–B Vesperus guineensis Bocage, 1889: 6 . The two specimens assigned to this species were collected by Herbert Lang and James Paul Chapin, and were reported by Allen (1917: 445) as belonging to Eptesicus minutus minutus (Temminck, 1835) . Hayman et al. (1966: 47) refer to these specimens as “ Eptesicus minutus ” , indicating that the name minutus was used in a tentative sense. However Rosevear (1965: 255) pointed out that minutus Temminck, 1835 is a synonym of Eptesicus capensis . Koopman (1965: 15) tentatively identified these two specimens as Eptesicus pusillus , but Koopman (1975: 407) furthermore pointed out that pusillus was based on two sources: Leconte (1858) and Noack (1889) . The former was found to be unidentifiable and the latter to be a synonym of Pipistrellus nanus . Koopman’s figure 39 indicates that the extralimital (to Sudan ) specimen from northeastern DRC is considered to belong to Eptesicus guineensis . Fig. 44. Distribution maps. A–B . Neoromicia guineensis ( Bocage, 1889 ) . C–D . Neoromicia nana (Peters, 1852) . E–F . Neoromicia rendalli (Thomas, 1889) . A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution. Van Cakenberghe & Happold (2013d: 625) indicate that guineensis primarily occurs disjunctly north of the equator in a band from Senegal , Guinea , northern Côte d’Ivoire , Ghana , Burkina Faso , northern Togo and Benin , and in a second band on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon , reaching to southern Chad . Furthermore, it occurs in a few smaller areas in central Sudan , the border between South Sudan and Uganda and in northwestern DRC . There are also some isolated records from Liberia , Nigeria , and western and eastern Ethiopia . The identifications of the specimens from Congo and southern DRC were found to be erroneous.