Nouvelles données sur le genre Myopterus. Le statut de Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest, 1820 (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

Abstract

New data on the genus Myopterus. The status of Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest 1820 (Chiroptera: Molossidae) - Five specimens of Myopterus, caught in Sénégal in 1973, allow to clarify the taxonomical status of Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest, 1820 (Chiroptera: Molossidae). A neotype is designated, housed in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), in Paris. Relationships between the so-called M. daubentonii, M. albatus and M. whitleyi are discussed; it is suggested that M. albatus might be a mere subspecies of M. daubentonii. New localities are given - or even resurrected - for this rare and poorly known genus: i.e. Gaboon and Uganda (M. whitleyi), Central African republic (M. daubentonii albatus)