Mormopterus petrophilus (Roberts, 1917) . Ann. Transvaal Mus., 6:4.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Transvaal, near Rustenburg, Bleskap .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, perhaps Ghana.

SYNONYMS: erongensis, fitzsimonsi, haagneri, umbratus .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sauromys; see Freeman (1981:133, 161). Formerly included in genus Sauromys by Peterson (1965a:12).