Cryptomys mechowi (Peters, 1881) . Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 133.

TYPE LOCALITY: Angola, Malange .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, S Zaire, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania.

COMMENTS: Includes ansorgei, blainei, and mellandi (de Graaff, 1975:3). Corbet and Hill (1991:207) spelled the name mechowii.