Pseudoromicia brunnea

(O. Thomas, 1880)

Dark-brown Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1880-08-01. On bats from Old Calabar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6(32):164-167.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170390

Original name as described

Vesperugo (Vesperus) brunneus

Other common names

Brown Pipistrelle Bat · Dark-brown Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1880.7.21.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/198029dc-6a99-41bd-b99f-c170726d1c0b

Type locality

Calabar, south-eastern Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Gabon · Equatorial Guinea · Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

moved from Neoromicia to the recently described Psuedoromicia

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005770

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.

Vesperugo (Vesperus) brunneus

(O. Thomas, 1880)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.7.21.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/198029dc-6a99-41bd-b99f-c170726d1c0b

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170390

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Eptesicus brunneus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brunnea

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 (1982:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Koopman (1993:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)

Pipistrellus brunneus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brunnea

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. Happold & Happold (2013:613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Neoromicia brunneus

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Neoromicia brunnea

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

822

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44917/22048243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pseudoromicia brunnea

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1132

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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