Afropipistrellus bellieri

(De Vree, 1972)

Bellier's Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

De Vree, F. 1972-06-30. Description of a new form of Pipistrellus from Ivory Coast (Chiroptera). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 85(3-4):412-416.

Original name as described

Pipistrellus eisentrauti bellieri

Other common names

Bellier's Pipistrelle

Type material

RMCA 35686

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Adiopodoumé, Ivory Coast.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

Taxonomy notes

split from N. crassulus; moved from Hypsugo to the recently described Parahypsugo, and then to Nycticeinops before now being placed in Afropipistrellus

Taxonomy notes citation

Hutterer, R., Decher, J., Monadjem, A., & Astrin, J. (2019). A new genus and species of vesper bat from West Africa, with notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 21(1), 1-22. · Monadjem, A., Richards, L. R., Decher, J., Hutterer, R., Mamba, M. L., Guyton, J., Naskrecki, P., Markotter, W., Wipfler, B., Kropff, A. S., & Dalton, D. L (2020) A phylogeny for African Pipistrellus species with the description of a new species from West Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Zoological Journal of the Linneaen Society, zlaa068. · 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. · Demos, T. C., Webala, P. W., Monadjem, A., & Patterson, B. D. (2024). Nuclear introns support the subtribe Laephotina and recently proposed genera of African Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 26(2), 143-152.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005746

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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 eisentrauti bellieri

(De Vree, 1972)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellieri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 35686

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

412

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hypsugo eisentrauti bellieri

(K.-G. Heller, Volleth, & Kock, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

Heller, Volleth & Kock (1994:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67196)

Hypsugo crassulus bellieri

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

815

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Parahypsugo bellieri

(Hutterer, Decher, Monadjem, & J. Astrin, 2019)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

Hutterer, Decher, Monadjem & Astrin (2019:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43543)

Nycticeinops bellieri

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1140

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

[Afropipistrellus] bellieri

Demos, Webala, Monadjem, & B. D. Patterson, 2025

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

Demos, Webala, Monadjem & Patterson (2025:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68419)

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