Tatera valida (Bocage, 1890) . J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, 2(5):6.

TYPE LOCALITY: Angola, Rio Cuando, Ambaca, Quissange, Caconda .

DISTRIBUTION: Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya to SW Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, and Angola.

SYNONYMS: beniensis, benvenuta, dichrura, dundasi, liodon, lucia, neavei, nigrita, ruwenzorii, smithi, soror, taborae.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Taterona . Revised by Bates (1988). Allopatric with and closely related to the West African T. kempi (see that account).