Glauconycteris variegata (Tomes, 1861)

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 : 90

Glauconycteris variegata (Tomes, 1861)

Fig. 40 C–D

Scotophilus variegatus Tomes,1861: 31 , 36.

* Glauconycteris variegata papilio (Thomas, 1905) : 77.

Although most recent authors consider papilio to be a synonym of G. variegata (e.g., Simmons 2005) or even G. v. variegata (e.g., Lanza et al. 2015), Monadjem et al. (2010b: 417) – referring to a statement made by Hayman (1963: 107) on the possible specific status of papilio – suggest that a detailed study of this species group is necessary to resolve this matter.

For the DRC, Hayman et al. (1966: 50, map 66) indicate that G. variegata primarily occurs in the northeastern part of the country (Haut-Uélé and Nord-Kivu Provinces) and in the southeast (Haut- Lomami and Haut-Katanga Provinces). From the western part of the country, they report it from Boma (Kongo Central Province) and Kwamouth (Mai-Ndombe Province). The second record they mapped from Kongo Central Province could not be traced, but they also did not map Mbala in Tanganyika Province. We could only add two additional localities: one on the northwestern bank of Lake Tanganyika (Sud-Kivu Province) and at Boteka (Equateur Province). The map given by Happold (2013 af: 577) shows a very patchy distribution area stretching from Senegal to Somalia and southwards to northeastern RSA. Based on specimen data from ACR (2016: 1230) and climatic data, our distribution map fills in most of the gaps between the patches.

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Fig. 40. Distribution maps. A–B. Glauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939. C–D. Glauconycteris variegata (Tomes, 1861). E–F. Hypsugo anchietae (Seabra, 1900). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.