Glauconycteris superba
Hayman, 1939
Pied 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
Authority citation
Hayman, R.W. 1939-02-01. Two new mammals from the Belgian Congo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)3(14):219-224.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1939.9723594Original name as described
Glauconycteris superba
Other common names
Badger Bat · Pied Bat · Superb Butterfly Bat
Type material
RMCA 14765
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Pawa, ca. 45 km ENE Medje, Ituri District, DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxonomy notes
moved from Glauconycteris to the newly described Niumbaha, then was moved back to Glauconycteris
Taxonomy notes citation
Reeder, D. M., Helgen, K. M., Vodzak, M. E., Lunde, D. P., & Ejotre, I. (2013). A new genus for a rare African vespertilionid bat: insights from South Sudan. ZooKeys, (285), 89-115. · Hassanin, A., Colombo, R., Gembu, G. C., Merle, M., Tu, V. T., Görföl, T., ... & Ing, R. K. (2018). Multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation within the genus Glauconycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new bat species from the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56(1), 1-22.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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