Hypsugo ariel

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Fairy Pipistrelle

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1904-08-01. On some small Mammals collected by Mr. A. M. Mackilligin in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(80):155-159.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733884

Original name as described

Pipistrellus ariel

Other common names

Ariel Pipistrelle · Bodenheimer's Pipistrelle · Desert Pipistrelle · Egyptian Desert Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.11.4.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6e0d4ce-08f0-4ed4-93b0-b994bb17f28f

Type locality

"Eastern Egyptian desert, lat. 22° N., long. 35° E. Lat. [Sudan]. 2000 feet [= 610 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Oman · Yemen · Saudi Arabia · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Egypt · Sudan · Kenya?

Taxonomy notes

includes bodenheimeri

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Dietz, C., Andreas, M., Hotový, J., Lučan, R. K., Maltby, A., ... & Vallo, P. (2008). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 6. Bats of Sinai (Egypt) with some taxonomic, ecological and echolocation data on that fauna. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72(1-2), 1-103.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005715

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.

Pipistrellus ariel

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ariel

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.11.4.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6e0d4ce-08f0-4ed4-93b0-b994bb17f28f

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733884

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Flower (1932:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Pipistrellus bodenheimeri

(D. L. Harrison, 1960)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bodenheimeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1229

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c8f15c4-3fd0-4e78-8d86-b57868517b8f

Authority page

261

Authority publication

Durban Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Hypsugo ariel

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ariel

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/171619155/22071929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hypsugo bodenheimeri

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bodenheimeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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