Mops (Xiphonycteris) thersites
Creators: name: Cakenberghe, Victor Van
name: Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu
name: Akawa, Prescott Musaba
name: Seamark, Ernest
name: Verheyen, Erik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Molossidae
Mops
Mops thersites

description: Mops (Xiphonycteris) thersites (Thomas, 1903)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 1 ♂ [SA], unknown locality, between 1 Jan. 1911 and 31 Dec. 1911, leg. unknown collector (SMF: 6396); 1 ad ♂ [SS], Avakubi, 13 Feb. 1914, leg. Herbert Lang, James Paul Chapin and The American Museum Congo Expedition (AMNH: 48851 [holotype Mops (Allomops) occipitalis J.A. Allen, 1917]); 1 ♂ [UN], Banana, 29 Sep. 1955, leg. l’ Expédition Atlantique Sud 1955 (RBINS: 15457); 1 ♀ [AL], Bombanga - Bumba, between 1 Jan. 1986 and 31 Dec. 1986, leg. WHO and Marc Colyn (RMCA: 88.011-M-0026); 1 ♀ [UN], Isai River, 19 Dec. 1974, leg. Michael D. Gallagher (HZM: 3.7820); 17 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ [22 UN], Kasenye, 10 km N, 17 Feb. 1954, 10 Mar. 1954, 17 Mar. 1954, 20 Mar. 1954, 30 Mar. 1954, 22 Nov. 1954, 23 Nov. 1954, 24 Dec. 1954, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 15470, 15472, 15469, 15471, 15460.01 to 15460.13, 15468, 15474.1, 15474.2, 15466, 15467); 1 ad ♂ [SK], Kikwit ITPK [= Kikwit], 3 Aug. 1995, leg. Herwig Leirs et al. (RMCA: 97.021-M-0824); 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ [4 SS], Luebo, 19 Aug. 1921, leg. Henri Schouteden (RMCA: 6607, 6608, 7298, 7299); 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, 2 ?? [6 SS], Lulua [= Kananga], 25 Feb. 1981, 27 Feb. 1981, leg. Betu Nsankulu (RMCA: 81.050-M-0002, 81.050-M-0005, 81.050- M-0006, 81.050-M-0003, 81.050-M-0004, 81.050-M-0007); 10 ♀♀, 1 ♂ [9 SS, 2 SK], Luluabourg [= Kananga], unknown date, leg. Richard Callewaert, 15 Jan. 1964, leg. Antoon Emeric Marcel De Roo (BMNH: 1926.11.1.28 to 1926.11.1.31, 1926.11.1.33, 1926.11.1.34, 1926.11.1.36, 1927.12.21.15, 1927.12.21.17, 1927.12.21.18, AMNH: 206845); 1 ad ♀ [UN], Lusano and KKK Zone, unknown date, leg. unknown collector (DNSM: 14073); 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ [2 SS, 4 UN], Medje, 19 Jan. 1910, 15 Sep. 1910, 16 Sep. 1910, between 16 Sep. 1910 and 19 Sep. 1910, leg. Herbert Lang, James Paul Chapin and The American Museum Congo Expedition (AMNH: 48846 to 48848, 48850, 48845, RMCA: 12362); 2 ♂♂ [2 AL], Mosenge, 11 Aug. 1986, 14 Aug. 1986, leg. WHO and Marc Colyn (RMCA: 88.011-M-0024, 88.011-M-0025); 1? [SS], Ndwa, prior to 27 Mar. 1952, leg. Ngwe (RMCA: 20837); 1 ♂ [SS], St. Jos. (Mission) [= Mikalaya], 14 Nov. 1924, leg. Richard Callewaert (AMNH: 86101); 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 1? [4 SS, 1 AL], St. Joseph de Luluabourg Mission [= Mikalaya], 19 May 1922, 3 Jun. 1922, 19 Jul. 1922, 27 Jul. 1922, leg. Richard Callewaert, 24 May 1939, leg. Jean Jacques Deheyn (RMCA: 7550, 7542, 15398, 7544, 7549); 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂ [4 AL], Tandala, 12 Jul. 1979, leg. C. Brian Robbins, 7 Jul. 1979, leg. unknown collector (USNM: 463530, MHNG: 1871.007 to 1871.009); 4 ♀♀, 13 ♂♂ [5 SS, 2 SA, 9 AL, 1 SO], Yalosemba, 17 Jun. 1979, 27 Jun. 1979, leg. unknown collector, 17 Jun. 1979, 27 Jun. 1979, leg. C. Brian Robbins (MHNG: 1871.003 to 1871.005, USNM: 463523 to 463528, 537763 to 537767, MHNG: 1871.002, 1871.006, USNM: 463529).
RWANDA: 15 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, 2 ?? [20 UN], Astrida [= Butare], 26 Feb. 1966, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 15475.1, 15475.2, 15478.1, 15478.2, 15482.01 to 15482.10, 15932.1 to 15932.6); 1? [SK], Byumba, 18 Apr. 1990, leg. Manuel Ruedi and Raphaël Arlettaz (MHNG: 1919.023); 3 ♀♀ [3 UN], Gihinda [= Gihinga], 13 Feb. 1966, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 15476.1 to 15476.3); 1 ♀ [UN], Nyumba Cave, 13 Feb. 1966, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 15477); 1 ♀ [SS], Rubona, 8 Jan. 1967, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RBINS: 16036).
description: 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 213, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.382, http://zenodo.org/record/3860077