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

Scotoecus hindei Thomas, 1901

Fig. 48 A–B

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.

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Fig. 48. Distribution maps. Scotoecus hindei Thomas, 1901. A. Distribution in the CRB area. B. Pan- African distribution.