Miniopterus inflatus Thomas 1903
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
Vespertilionidae
Miniopterus
Miniopterus inflatus

description: Miniopterus inflatus Thomas, 1903
BURUNDI: 4 ♂♂ [4 NS], Mpinga Cave [= Mpinga Mission], 1 Jan. 1969, 25 Mar. 1970, leg. P.L. Niort (MHNG: 1607.080, 1607.081, 1608.001, 1608.002).
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 2 ?? [2 AL], Baya Carrière [= Baya Quarry], 26 Jun. 1962, 26 Jun. 1963, leg. Parent (RMCA: 31507, 31508); 5 ?? [5 UN], Gangala-na-Bodio, 9 Apr. 1948, leg. H. de Saeger et al. (RBINS: 13577.1 to 13577.5); 5 ♀♀, 33 ♂♂ [38 UN], Goroumbwa Mine, 17 May 1999, 18 May 1999, 19 May 1999, 19 Oct. 1999, 22 Oct. 1999, 23 Oct. 1999, 24 Oct. 1999, 25 Oct. 1999, leg. Robert (Bob) Swanepoel (TM: DRC 0033, DRC 0107, DRC 0122, DRC 0150, DRC 0156, DBA010, DBA011, DBA015, DBA113, DBA115, DBA164 to DBA177, DBA198, DBA202, DBA239 to DBA244, DBA255, DBA277, DBA300, DBA317, DBA321, DBA327); 1? [UN], Issehe River, unknown date, leg. unknown collector (INPBC: W1457.3); 2 ♂♂, 1? [3 UN], Jadotville [= Likasi], 28 Jun. 1960, leg. unknown collector, 7 Apr. 1957, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RBINS: 1696, 1697, RMCA: 26265); 3 ?? [3 AL], Kabambi, 13 Jul. 1955, leg. Gaston- François de Witte (RMCA: 37170 to 37172); 1 ♂ [SS], Kafwe, 5 Jul. 1948, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 10705); 2 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ [3 AL, 3 UN], Kakontwe Cave, unknown date, leg. the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), 13 Feb. 1957, 12 Jul. 1957, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (BMNH: 1959.513 to 1959.515, RMCA: 26740, 26248, 26249); 3 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ [4 AL, 1 UN], Kalomoni Cave [= Kakontwe], 3 Jan. 1964, 8 May 1965, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RMCA: 33993 to 33996, 34017); 11 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ [13 AL], Kalumbu Cave, 1 Dec. 1957, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RMCA: 27548 to 27552, 27554, 27555, 27559 to 27564); 1 ♀, 1 ♂ [2 SA], Kasoma Cave, 13 Aug. 1962, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (MHNG: 1046.094, 1046.095); 3 ♀♀ [3 AL], Kasowena Cave, 28 Jun. 1964, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RMCA: 34007 to 34009); 1 ad ♀, 2 sad ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ [1 SA, 5 AL], Katanga (former) Province, 1 Dec. 1957, 13 Aug. 1962, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (SMF: 18926, 18927, 18931, 21310 to 21312); 1 ad ♂ [SS], Katobwe, 28 Nov. 1926, leg. John Todd Zimmer (FMNH: 29416 [holotype Miniopterus rufus Sanborn, 1936]); 4 ♂♂ [4 AL], Komanda, 21 Aug. 1976, leg. Frieder Meier (MHNG: 1874.006 to 1874.009); 1 ♀ [SS], Masombwe, 20 Sep. 1948, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 10706); 1 ♀, 1 ♂ [2 SS], Mbuji-Mayi, 32 km SE, 25 Feb. 1974, leg. Western New Mexico University (FMNH: 152883, 152884); 5 ♂♂, 1? [4 AL, 2 SK], Mount Hoyo Caves, 5 Oct. 1957, leg. Robin E. Leech and Edward S. Ross (CAS: 12500 to 12503, 12531, 12532); 1 juv ♂, 1 ♀ [2 AL], Mura Pumping Station, 20 Oct. 1963, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RMCA: 33989, 33990); 1 ♀, 6 ♂♂ [6 AL, 1 UN], Mwanga Cave, 30 Jun. 1964, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RMCA: 34010 to 34016); 1 ♀ [AL], Pierkat Quarry [= Baya Quarry], 12 Mar. 1956, leg. Félix / Michel Anciaux de Faveaux (RMCA: 23878); 1 ♂ [SK], Talatala, 11 Aug. 1947, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 7086); 1? [AL], Tsebahu, 12 Jul. 1955, leg. Gaston-François de Witte (RMCA: 37169); 2 ?? [2 UN], Tshebahu River, unknown date, leg. unknown collector (INPBC: W1456a, W1456b).
RWANDA: 7 ?? [7 SK], Kibumbu Crater, 9 Dec. 1991, leg. J.R. Wilson and Anthony Michael Hutson (BMNH: 1992.391 to 1992.397); 5 ad ♀♀, 69 ad ♂♂ [40 SA, 34 AL], Mutura, 15 Dec. 1984, 16 Dec. 1984, 18 Dec. 1984, 12 Jan. 1985, 13 Jan. 1985, leg. Benny Baeten and Luc Janssens, 22 Oct. 1981, 23 Oct. 1981, 25 Oct. 1981, 26 Oct. 1981, 27 Oct. 1981, leg. Frits De Vree, Benny Baeten and Victor Van Cakenberghe (RMCA: 85.006-M-0136 to 85.006-M-0151, 85.006-M-0120 to 85.006- M-0135, 82.006-M-0286 to 82.006-M-0327); 2 ♂♂ [2 UN], Ruhengeri, 7 Jun. 1966, leg. unknown collector (RBINS: 15490.1, 15490.2).
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 pages 216-217, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.382, http://zenodo.org/record/3860077