Hypsugo musciculus (Thomas, 1913)

Fig. 41 E–F

* Pipistrellus musciculus Thomas, 1913: 316 .

Similar to H. crassulus, H. musciculus has been assigned to various supra-specific units: Pipistrellus, P. ( Hypsugo), “ Attalepharca ” and Hypsugo (see Van Cakenberghe & Happold 2013e: 637). Here, we follow Simmons (2005: 491) in assigning it to the genus Hypsugo .

Hayman et al. (1966: map 74) have two localities plotted on their map: Bokuma in Equateur Province and Avakubi in Tshopo Province. For the latter, however, they refer (p. 53) to Koopman (1965: 13) who indicated that this specimen agreed better with the original description of P. nanulus than with that of P. musciculus . In the Paris museum, there is one other DRC specimen (from Bata, Kwilu Province) that had been identified as musciculus .

Hypsugo musciculus is primarily a West African species occurring from Sierra Leone in the west to Cameroon and Gabon in the east, with a few records extending into the DRC.