Epomophorus zechi Matschie, 1899

Turni, Hendrik & Kock, Dieter, 2008, Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin, Zootaxa 1869 (1), pp. 1-82 : 9-10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5133907
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scientific name	Epomophorus zechi Matschie, 1899
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Matschie, P. (1899): Die Fledermäuse des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde, 1. Megachiroptera. Berlin, 46 [1–107], G. Reimer Verlag.

Valid name: Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)

Lectotype (designated by Andersen 1912: 541): ZMB 10170, skin and ZMB 10171, skull, male, adult; “ Kunjuruma , Togoland” ( Togo?), collected by Baumann, 1894.

Paralectotypes: ZMB 10009 skin and ZMB 10067, skull, male, adult, Kunjuruma , Togoland, leg. Baumann , 1894. ZMB 10011, skull, male, pullus, Gross-Popo , Togo, leg. Bloess. ZBM 356, skin and skull, male, adult, West Africa , acquired from Salmin 1855 . ZMB 3413 View Materials , body in alcohol, skull extracted, male, adult, Lagos ( Nigeria), acquired from Salmin . ZMB 3654 View Materials , body in alcohol, skull extracted, male, adult, Accra ( Ghana), leg. Unger. ZMB 4784 View Materials , body in alcohol, skull extracted, male, adult, Accra ( Ghana), leg. Reichenow. ZMB 10065, body in alcohol, skull extracted, female, adult, Accra ( Ghana), leg. Reichenow.

Comment: Matschie (1899: 46) gave the locality of the specimens collected by Baumann as “Misahöhe, Togoland ” (= Missahoe, Togo); however, according to the entry book the locality is Kunjuruma.