Thainycteris aureocollaris

Kock & Storch, 1996

Collared Sprite

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kock, D. and Storch, G. 1996-12-27. _Thainycteris aureocollaris_, a remarkable new genus and species of vespertilionine bat from SE-Asia (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 76(1-2):1-6.

Original name as described

Thainycteris aureocollaris

Other common names

Collared Pipistrelle · Siam Goldnecklet · Thai Golden-throated Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:75443

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Doi (= Mount) Pha Hom Pok, 20°08'N, 99°10'E, 1,500 m, Amphoe (= District) Mae Ai, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · China · Cambodia?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Arielulus to Thainycteris

Taxonomy notes citation

Francis, C. M., Borisenko, A. V., Ivanova, N. V., Eger, J. L., Lim, B. K., Guillén-Servent, A., ... & Hebert, P. D. (2010). The role of DNA barcodes in understanding and conservation of mammal diversity in Southeast Asia. PloS one, 5(9), e12575. · Guo, W., Yu, W., Wang, X., Csorba, G., Li, F., Li, Y., & Wu, Y. (2017). First record of the collared sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China. Mammal study, 42(2), 97-103. · Görföl, T., Furey, N. M., Bates, P. J., & Csorba, G. (2018). The identity of'Falsistrellus' affinis from Myanmar and Cambodia and new records of Hypsugo dolichodon from these countries. Acta Chiropterologica, 20(2), 301-309.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005569

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.

Thainycteris aureocollaris

Kock & Storch, 1996

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aureocollaris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:75443

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40031/22063116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arielulus aureocollaris

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aureocollaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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