Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest, 1820

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Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest, 1820

Fig. 31 A–B

Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest, 1820: 132 .

* Myopterus albatus Thomas, 1915: 469 .

Koopman (1989: 9) indicated that he believed that the larger forms of the genus Myopterus ( daubentonii , senegalensis and albatus ) are all the same species. Adam et al. (1993: 317) suggested that M. albatus might only be a mere subspecies of M. daubentonii . This view was also followed by Simmons (2005: 446) and Fahr (2013i: 476). Besides the specimens from Bunia (Ituri Province), Niangara (Haut-Uélé Province) and the Uélé River mentioned by Hayman et al. (1966: 68, map 113), no further representatives

of this species are known from the CRB area. The distribution map provided by Fahr (2013i: 477) includes additional specimens from northern Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.

Figures

Fig. 31. Distribution maps. A–B. Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest, 1820. C–D. Myopterus whitleyi (Scharff, 1900). E–F. Otomops martiensseni (Matschie, 1897). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.