Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas, 1912

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 : 75

Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas, 1912

Fig. 34 C–D

Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas, 1912: 41 .

In the DRC, Kerivoula cuprosa is known from three localities: Koteli (Bas-Uélé Province), Eala (Equateur Province) and Wafanya (Tshuapa). The specimens from Koteli and Eala were reported as K. smithii by Hayman et al. (1966: 59), but were re-identified by Jakob Fahr as K. cuprosa ( Fahr 2013r: 728) . Kityo et al. (2009: 135) indicate that four cuprosa specimens were reported by Schouteden (1947): Eala, Koteli, Bambesa and Lisala, but were not discussed by Hayman et al. (1966). However, three of these were explicitly included in K. smithii by Hayman et al. (1966: 59), and the remaining one (RMCA 14263) in reality came from Gumba in the Lisala Territory. RMCA 14263 actually includes two specimens, one of which was identified as a Nycteris sp. by Danny Meirte and one as a Kerivoula sp. by Jakob Fahr (Wim Wendelen, pers. comm.). Besides the three currently reported DRC localities, Fahr (2013r: 728) also mentions this species from Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. The SDM map shows that cuprosa is restricted to the central African rain forest block, but this should probably be extended to the West African block as well (the records from Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea were not included when generating this map, as the underlying specimens could not be traced).

Figures

Fig. 34. Distribution maps. A–B. Kerivoula argentata Tomes, 1861. C–D. Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas, 1912. E–F. Kerivoula lanosa (A. Smith, 1847). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan- African distribution.