Scotoecus hindei Thomas, 1901

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 : 104-106

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The taxonomy of the dark-winged Scotoecus forms is not very clear. Pending a revision of this group, Happold (2013 ak: 669) considers all the dark-winged Scotoecus to belong to one species: S. hirundo . However, we follow Ansell & Dowsett (1988: 44), Taylor & Van der Merwe (1998: 64), Cotterill (2001c: 219) and Simmons (2005: 464) in recognizing S. hindei as a separate species.

Scotoecus hindei has only been reported twice from the DRC: once from the southeast of the country (Kapolowe, Haut-Katanga Province) and once from the northeast (Niangara, Haut-Uélé Province). Both were already mentioned by Hayman et al. (1966: 56).

Since Happold (2013 ak: 670) doesn’t recognize hindei as a separate species, our distribution map cannot be compared with hers. Based on the data in ACR (2016: 1283). The SDM map suggests a primarily eastern African distribution, from Eritrea in the north to southern Mozambique and northern RSA in the south. It extends westwards across the northern part of the DRC, the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Nigeria.

References

ACR. 2016. African Chiroptera Report. AfricanBats, Pretoria. Available from http: // www. africanbats. org / index. php / publications / africa-chiroptera-report [accessed 28 Sep. 2017].

Cotterill F. P. D. 2001 c. New specimens of lesser house bats (Vespertilionidae: Scotoecus) from Mozambique and Zambia. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10 (20): 219 - 223.

Happold M. & Happold D. 2013. Mammals of Africa Volume IV. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats. Bloomsbury, London.

Hayman R. W., Misonne X. & Verheyen W. N. 1966. The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi. Annalen van het Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Zoologische Wetenschappen, Ser. 8, 154: 1 - 105.

Simmons N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: Wilson D. E. & Reeder D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference: 312 - 567. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Taylor P. J. & Van der Merwe M. 1998. Taxonomic notes on dark-winged house bats of the genus Scotoecus Thomas 1901, in Malawi. Durban Museum Novitates 23: 64 - 66. Available from http: // journals. co. za / deliver / fulltext / admn / 23 / 1 / 1578. pdf? itemId = / content / admn / 23 / 1 / AJA 0012723 X _ 1577 & mimeType = pdf & containerItemId = content / journal / admn [accessed 29 Nov. 2017].