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 nana (Peters, 1852) Fig. 44 C–D Vespertilio nanus Peters, 1852: 63 . * Pipistrellus culex Thomas, 1911: 458 . * Pipistrellus nanus nanus Peters, 1852 . Although they followed Koopman (1965) in many of his other conclusions, Hayman et al. (1966: 52) did not follow Koopman’s view (1965: 12) on culex , which he tentatively considered a subspecies of P. stampflii (Jentink, 1888) , but of which he also stated that it possibly only represents a small-sized population of P. nanus . Rosevear (1965: 268) , Koopman (1966: 160) and Kock (1969: 170) considered culex to be a synonym of P. nanus . Over the past few decades Vespertilio nanus has changed genus a number of times ( Happold 2013 ah: 639): Pipistrellus , Neoromicia , Hypsugo . The current assignment to Neoromicia was based on karyotype data ( Volleth et al. 2001: 44 ; Kearney et al. 2002: 55 ). Hayman et al. (1966: 52 , 53–55, maps 73, 76) reported N. nana from all over the CRB area, and some of the gaps have been filled in with additional specimens. The only exception seems to be the central part of the DRC (the area around the Salonga National Park), but that might possibly be attributed to the impenetrability of the region rather than the real absence of the species. The SDM map looks very similar to the one presented by Happold (2013 ah: 640), although we show a number of hatched areas where the climatic circumstances might not be optimal for the species, e.g., the central forest area in the DRC (but see above), the border area between the DRC and Angola , eastern Angola and western Tanzania .