NEW DATA ON THE GENUS MYOPTERUS - THE STA TUS OF MYOPTERUS-DAUBENTONII DESMAREST 1820 (CHIROPTERA, MOLOSSIDAE)

Five specimens of Myopterus, caught in Senegal in 1973, allow to clari fy the taxonomical status of Myopterus daubentonii Desmarest, 1820 (Ch iroptera: Molossidae). A neotype is designated, housed in the Museum n ational d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), in Paris. Relationships between t he so-called M. daubentonii, M. albatus and M. whitleyi are discussed; it is suggested that M. albatus might be a mere subspecies of M. daub entonii. New localities are given - or even resurrected - for this rar e and poorly known genus: i.e. Gaboon and Uganda (M. whitleyi), Centra l African republic (M. daubentonii albatus).