Afropipistrellus macrocephalus
(Hutterer & Kerbis Peterhans, 2019)
Large-headed 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
Authority citation
Hutterer, R. and Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. 2019. A further new species of vesper bat from Central Africa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Lynx (Praha) 50:51-59.
Authority publication link
https://publikace.nm.cz/file/bd54c6f132ac7743ccdfa0e6d8340689/20625/51_59_Hutterer.pdfOriginal name as described
Parahypsugo macrocephalus
Other common names
Large-headed Pipistrelle
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:195086
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Kabogo Forest, 4 km SW of Talama (04° 59' 29" S, 29° 04' 49" E), 1950 m, DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Rwanda · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxonomy notes
recently described; moved from the recently described Parahypsugo to Nycticeinops before now being placed in Afropipistrellus
Taxonomy notes citation
Hutterer, R., & Kerbis-Peterhans, J. (2019). A further new species of vesper bat from Central Africa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Lynx, n. s. (Praha), 50, 51-59. · 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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