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Chaerephon major

  • 1. University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Functional Morphology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein, 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa.
  • 2. Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 3. Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 4. AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, Republic of South Africa.
  • 5. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium.

Description

Chaerephon major (Trouessart, 1897)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 1 ad ♀, 16 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂, 11 ?? [20 SS, 11 SK, 2 SO], Aba, 12 Dec. 1910, 13 Dec. 1911, 15 Dec. 1911, 16 Dec. 1911, 17 Dec. 1911, leg. Herbert Lang, James Paul Chapin and The American Museum Congo Expedition, 15 Dec. 1911, leg. unknown collector (AMNH: 48867, 48869 to 48872, 51257 to 51267, MCZ: 17389, RMCA: 12365, AMNH: 48873, 48840, 48875 to 48886, 48887 [ holotype Chaerephon (Lophomops) abae J.A. Allen, 1917 ]); 3 ♂♂ [1 AL, 2 UN], Biadimbi, 20 Feb. 1951, leg. H. de Saeger et al., 20 Feb. 1951, leg. H. de Saeger (RBINS: 13783.1, 13783.2, RMCA: 36895); 1 ad ♀, 4 ♀♀ [4 SS, 1 UN], Faradje, 25 Feb. 1911, 7 Mar. 1911, leg. Herbert Lang, James Paul Chapin and The American Museum Congo Expedition, 7 Mar. 1911, leg. unknown collector (AMNH: 48836, 52119, RMCA: 12364, AMNH: 48838, MCZ: 17388); 1 ♂ [UN], Mbandaka, prior to 31 Dec. 1970, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 22467); 4 ♀♀ [1 SS, 3 AL], Nagera [= Nagero], 24 Mar. 1952, leg. H. de Saeger (RMCA: 36894, 36896 to 36898); 1 ♀ [SO], Nagero, 11 Mar. 1954, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 14630); 1 ♀ [SA], Rwindi, 2 Sep. 1976, leg. Frieder Meier (MHNG: 1874.059); 1 ♀, 11 ♂♂ [5 SS, 7 AL], Tandala, 12 Jul. 1979, 13 Jul. 1979, 21 Jul. 1979, leg. unknown collector, 12 Jul. 1979, 21 Jul. 1979, leg. C. Brian Robbins (MHNG: 1870.098, USNM: 463518 to 463521, 537748 to 537750, MHNG: 1870.099, 1870.100, 1871.001, USNM: 537752).

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-327 in European Journal of Taxonomy 382 (382) on page 202, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.382, http://zenodo.org/record/3860077

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References

  • Allen J. A. 1917. Part I. Systematic List. In: Allen J. A., Lang H. & Chapin J. P. The American Museum Congo Expedition Collection of Bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37 (18): 405 - 478.