Laephotis stanleyi

(S. M. Goodman, T. Kearney, M. M. Ratsimbazafy, & Hassanin, 2017)

Stanley's Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Goodman, S.M., Kearney, T., Ratsimbazafy, M.M. and Hassanin, A. 2017-02-22. Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for "_N._ cf. _melckorum"_. Zootaxa 4236(2):351-374.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.10

Original name as described

Neoromicia stanleyi

Type material

TM 48487

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chitabe, Gomoti River, Highbanks, 19.41979 S, 23.40413 E; 950 m above sea level."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe · Mozambique? · South Africa?

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Neoromicia to Laephotis based on recent molecular data

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Kearney, T., Ratsimbazafy, M. M., & Hassanin, A. (2017). Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for N. cf. melckorum. Zootaxa, 4236(2), 351-374. · Monadjem, A., T. C. Demos, D. L. Dalton, P. W. Webala, S. Musila, J. C. K. Peterhans and B. D. Patterson (2021). A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(4): 1114–1146.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005737

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 krugeri

(Herkt, Skidmore, & Fahr, 2017)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

krugeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

note p

Authority publication

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Neoromicia stanleyi

(S. M. Goodman, T. Kearney, M. M. Ratsimbazafy, & Hassanin, 2017)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

stanleyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 48487

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Laephotis stanleyi

Monadjem, Demos, D. L. Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans, & B. D. Patterson, 2020

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

stanleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1128

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. Demos, Webala, Monadjem & Patterson (2025:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68419)

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