Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1872)

White-winged 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1872. Über neue Flederthiere (_Phyllorhina micropus_, _Harpyiocephalus Huttonii_, _Murina grisea_, _Vesperugo micropus_, Vesperus (Marsipolaemus) albigularis, _Vesperus propinquus_, tenuipinnis). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872:256-264.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35721193

Original name as described

Vesperus tenuipinnis

Other common names

Slender-winged Pipistrelle Bat · White-winged Bat

Type material

DNSM 13235

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Gambia · Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

moved from Neoromicia to the recently described Pseudoromicia

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/1005776

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 tenuipinnis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1872)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DNSM 13235

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35721193

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Vesperus bicolor

(du Bocage, 1889)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.5.1.3, BMNH:Mamm:1889.5.1.5

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b8de3e0c-df0a-4f38-b8f6-c9ad8ccb8cad

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418905

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Bocage (1889:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vesperugo (Vesperus) bicolor

(de Seabra, 1900)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bicolor

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)

Vesperugo (Vesperus) tenuipinnis

(de Seabra, 1900)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Seabra (1900:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)

Eptesicus bicolor

(von Wettstein, 1916)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Wettstein (1916:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61889228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67565)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Eptesicus ater

(J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48988

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48988

Authority page

443

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Eptesicus tenuipennis

(P. S. Kershaw, 1923)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipennis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989860

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)

Eptesicus tenuipinnis

(G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

579

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248243

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

  1. Allen & Coolidge (1930:579, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  3. Hayman (1963:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  4. Eisentraut (1963:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Koopman (1993:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)

Eptesicus tenuipinnis ater

(Hayman, 1963)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Pipistrellus tenuipinnis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

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 (1996:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

P. bicolor

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. t. tenuipinnis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

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 tenuipinnis ater

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Neoromicia tenuipinnis

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

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 #44926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44926/22047067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neoromicia tenuipinnis tenuipinnis

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tenuipinnis

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/1005776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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