Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid Author Decher, Jan Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany & Corresponding author: E-mail: J. Decher @ zfmk. de echer@zfmk.de Author Hoffmann, Anke Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany Author Schaer, Juliane Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany & Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany Author N Orris, Ryan W. Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, 4240 Campus Dr., Lima, OH 45804, USA Author Kadjo, Blaise Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire Author Astrin, Jonas Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany Author Monadjem, Ara All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland & Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa Author Hutterer, Rainer Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany text Acta Chiropterologica 2015 2015-12-01 17 2 255 282 journal article 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003 470b137b-05b5-468a-b37e-6a315108ecc1 1733-5329 3943621 Neoromicia somalica (Bocage, 1889) New material ZFMK 2008.0033, ♀ , CMR, 18 December 2008 . One female of this tiny pipistrelloid bat was caught in the canopy net set over a stream in gallery forest at CMR. In our genetic analysis it groups with a single specimen of N. somalica from Mount Nimba ( DM 12612 — Monadjem et al. , 2013 b ). While our measurements agree well with those published by Monadjem et al. (2013 b ) and Rosevear (1965) , the coloration of our specimen is a much darker brown than the ‘palish brown’ or ‘sandy coloration’ mentioned for ‘ Eptesicus somalicus ’ in Rosevear (1965) or for ‘ E. capensis somalicus ’ in Aellen (1952) . Its ecological characterization as a savannah species agrees well with our capture in one of the drier habitats of the study area at CMR. We follow the African Chiroptera Report ( ACR 2015 ) and Riccucci and Lanza (2008) in using N. somalica , as opposed to N. somalicus . The type specimen of N. somalica comes from Hargheisa, Somalia ( ACR , 2015 ; Lanza et al., 2015 ) in the extremely arid Horn of Africa. As yet, no specimens of this species have been sequenced from this region, and the taxonomic affinities of the two specimens from moist tropical woodlands of Guinea and Liberia , mentioned above, in relation to those from the Horn of Africa require investigation. Conservation status Least Concern. Population trend is unknown ( IUCN, 2015 ).