Epomophorus zechi Matschie, 1899
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1 |
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Epomophorus zechi Matschie, 1899 |
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Epomophorus zechi Matschie, 1899
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.
Andersen, K. (1912) Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. I. Megachiroptera. British Museum (Natural History), London, 854 pp.
Matschie, P. (1899) Die Fledermause des Berliner Museums fur Naturkunde, 1. Megachiroptera. Berlin, 1 - 107, G. Reimer Verlag
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