Glauconycteris humeralis J.A. Allen, 1917

Cakenberghe, Victor Van, Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Akawa, Prescott Musaba, Seamark, Ernest & Verheyen, Erik, 2017, The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 382 (382), pp. 1-327 : 86

Glauconycteris humeralis J.A. Allen, 1917

Fig. 39 C–D

* Glauconycteris humeralis J.A. Allen, 1917: 448 .

Glauconycteris humeralis was considered to be a valid species by Hayman et al. (1966: 49), but some later authors (e.g., Koopman 1971; Eger & Schlitter 2001; Monadjem et al. 2010b) considered it to be a subspecies of G. beatrix . Heller et al. (1994: 6) state that humeralis could merely represent the spotted variety of beatrix , if it wasn’t for the different form of the baculum in the two species, as was already illustrated by Hill & Harrison (1987: Fig. 19 ).

Hayman et al. (1966: 49, map 63) mention six specimens from three localities, of which the BMNH specimen from Irangi could not be traced. However, the species has been confirmed from that locality by material in the collection of the SMF. All of these localities were in the northeastern part of the DRC. Other specimens were collected near Epulu (Ituri Province, northeastern DRC) and Yalosemba (Mongala, northwestern DRC) and in Kananga (Kasaï-Central Province, southern DRC). The latter specimen was apparently overlooked by Happold (2013 ad: 571), as she only plotted the northern specimens. When the Kananga specimen is included, the distribution of the species covers the Congolese rain forest from eastern Cameroon over northern Congo and reaching into the rainforestsavanna mosaic in Uganda and western Kenya (see also Happold 2013 ad: 571).

Figures

Fig. 39. Distribution maps. A–B. Glauconycteris curryae Eger & Schlitter, 2001. C–D. Glauconycteris humeralis J.A. Allen, 1917. E–F. Glauconycteris poensis (Gray, 1842). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.

Fig. 19. Distribution maps. A–B. Coleura afra (Peters, 1852). C–D. Saccolaimus peli (Temminck, 1853). E–F. Taphozous mauritianus E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1818. A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.