Tadarida africana (Dobson, 1876) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 17: 348.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Transvaal .

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia; S. Sudan; E. Zaire; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; South Africa. Tanzania (DLH).

COMMENT: T. ventralis may be the oldest name for this species; see Kock, 1975, Stuttgarter Beitrage Naturk., ser. A (Biol.), 272:1-7.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405016011003001.