Neoromicia guineensis

(du Bocage, 1889)

Tiny Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bocage, J.V.B. du. 1889-03. Chiroptéres Africains nouveaux, rares ou peu connus. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes (2)1:1-7.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418940

Original name as described

Vesperus guineensis

Other common names

Guinean Pipistrelle Bat · Guinea Serotine

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Niger · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda

Taxonomy notes

retained in Neoromicia based on preliminary molecular data

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005743

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.

Vesperus guineensis

(du Bocage, 1889)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418940

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Vesperugo (Vesperus) guineensis

(de Seabra, 1900)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Seabra (1900:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)

Eptesicus rectitragus

(von Wettstein, 1916)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rectitragus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 8411

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61889228

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Wettstein (1916:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61889228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67565)

Eptesicus guineensis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Koopman (1993:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)

Pipistrellus guineensis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  4. Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

P. g. guineensis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. g. rectitragus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rectitragus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Neoromicia guineensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guineensis

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 #44920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44920/22048932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neoromicia guineensis guineensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Neoromicia guineensis rectitragus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rectitragus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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