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 Miniopterus fraterculus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 Fig. 32 E–F Miniopterus fraterculus Thomas & Schwannn, 1906: 162 . * Miniopterus schreibersi villiersi Aellen, 1956: 890 . Koopman (1965: 18) refers to Harrison (1953: 71) , who revised the Miniopterus forms of southern Africa, where he distinguished two species: “the large natalensis and the small fraterculus ”. Unfortunately, however, this distinction doesn’t seem to hold (see key). Hayman et al. (1966: 59–60) assigned most of their material to Miniopterus schreibersi villiersi and only 15 specimens from two localities to M. s. vicinior . The latter are plotted on their map 90, but no separate map was presented for M. s. villiersi . Apparently, these specimens were included on map 88 ( M. inflatus ). In “ Mammals of Africa ”, Bernard & Happold (2013d: 713 ; 2013e: 719 ) restrict M. fraterculus to the northwestern part of the DRC and M. natalensis to the southeastern part. We are following this division for the CRB material, with specimens from the DRC provinces of Haut-Uélé, Ituri, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu, as well as from Rwanda and Burundi being assigned to M. fraterculus and those from the provinces of Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami and Haut-Katanga to M. natalensis . However, we also assigned records from more southwestern localities to the latter species: Luluabourg (= Kananga, Kasaï-Central Province) and near Thysville (= Mbanza-Ngongo, Kongo Central Province). See also Miniopterus natalensis (A. Smith, 1833) below.