Afropipistrellus happoldorum

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

Happolds' 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

Hutterer, R., Decher, J., Monadjem, A. and Astrin, J. 2019-10-05. 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.

Original name as described

Parahypsugo happoldorum

Other common names

Happolds's Pipistrelle

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:2009.0029

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Western Spur Valley, Simandou Mts (08° 33‘ 26.44" N, 08° 55‘ 16.50" W), c.737 m, Macenta, Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from the recently described Parahypsugo 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

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