Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher, 1885

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 : 18-20

Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher, 1885

Fig. 7 C–D

* Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher, 1885: 245 .

* Megaloglossus woermanni prigoginei Hayman, 1966: 26 .

In Hayman et al. (1966), Hayman described a separate subspecies for nine skins and skulls collected by Dr. A. Prigogine in the former Kivu Province and one additional specimen collected by Mr. Schepens in Lundjulu (currently in Nord-Kivu Province). This subspecies differed from the West African nominate subspecies in larger forearm length and skull size, and darker colour.

Bergmans & Van Bree (1972) [in Bergmans 1997] found that the forearm length and the greatest length of the skull of the holotype of M. woermanni from Gabon fell within the range given by Hayman for

prigoginei, and should, therefore, be considered a synonym of the typical form, a view that has been accepted by almost all subsequent authors.

Distributionwise, Hayman et al. (1966: 26, map 12) reported this species from the northern part of the DRC. The additional records we report extend its presence in the southern part of the country, in the provinces Congo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Kasaï and Kasaï-Oriental. The southernmost record is RMCA 33065 from the Kakanda Cave near Likasi (former Jadotville). Its occurrence so far from the modelled distribution makes it a bit doubtful, but the record was mentioned by Bergmans (1997: 60), who thereby confirmed its identification and locality information.

Figures

Fig. 7. Distribution maps. A–B. Nanonycteris veldkampii (Jentink, 1888). C–D. Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher, 1885. E–F. Myonycteris angolensis (Bocage, 1898). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.