Glauconycteris poensis

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Abo 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

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324282

Original name as described

Kerivoula poensis

Other common names

Abo Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1842.11.4.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f632c8ff-33cb-4a5c-bfd6-bc9ef09c96b7

Type locality

"Fernando Po [= Bioko]," Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Kenya?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005545

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.

Kerivoula poensis

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.11.4.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f632c8ff-33cb-4a5c-bfd6-bc9ef09c96b7

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324282

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Glauconycteris poensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

71

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44798/22069513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chalinolobus poensis

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

172

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Vesperus (Hesperoptenus) kraussii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1868)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kraussii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

638

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990160

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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