Stenonycteris lanosus (Thomas, 1906)

Fig. 10 A–B

Rousettus lanosus Thomas, 1906: 137 .

* Rousettus (Stenonycteris) lanosus Thomas, 1906 .

The separation of Stenonycteris from Rousettus was already suggested by Leche (1921) and Kingdon (1974) [in Bergmans (1994: 111)], but was only proven by genetic sequence analyses (Juste B. et al. 1999; Almeida et al. 2011; Nesi et al. 2012). Using cytochrome b sequences, Nesi et al. (2012) found that the genus Rousettus was paraphyletic, and that Stenonycteris should be considered as a separate genus, even constituting its own tribe: Stenonycterini .

Hayman et al. (1966: 20, map 18) reported this species from the Kivu Province in the eastern part of the DRC. The additional specimens reported here are also mainly from the Nord- and Sud-Kivu Provinces, with extensions into Rwanda and Burundi. The only outlier is RMCA 36250 from Tshibasha, near Kananga (Kasaï-Central Province). The SDM map shows that this specimen is the westernmost representative of the species, but it also shows that the distribution is rather patchy to the east too, with a cluster of specimens in Kenya, and some dispersed records in Tanzania and Ethiopia.

Family Hipposideridae Lydekker, 1891

Genus Asellia Gray, 1838