Glauconycteris alboguttata

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Striped Butterfly Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Glauconycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A., Lang, H. and Chapin, J.P. 1917-09-29. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(18):405-563.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1068

Original name as described

Glauconycteris alboguttatus

Other common names

Allen's Butterfly Bat · Allen's Striped Bat · White-spotted Butterfly Bat

Type material

AMNH M-49317

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49317

Type locality

"Medje," Haut-Uele Province, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Gabon? · Equatorial Guinea? · Republic of the Congo? · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005535

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Glauconycteris alboguttatus

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alboguttata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49317

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49317

Authority page

449

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Chalinolobus alboguttatus

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alboguttata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Koopman (1993:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Koopman (1994:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Glauconycteris alboguttata

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alboguttata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44789/22068173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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