Neoromicia brunnea (Thomas, 1880)

Fig. 43 C–D

Vesperugo (Vesperus) brunneus Thomas, 1880: 165 .

One specimen belonging to this species was collected at Lukolela (Mai-Ndombe Province, northwestern DRC). Fahr (2013p: 613) indicates that this species has a West African distribution, covering an area along the coast of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, and individual localities in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. ACR (2016: 1237), furthermore, mentions specimens from Congo, Gabon and Nigeria. The Lukolela specimen is the easternmost record of this species.