Neoeptesicus langeri

(Acosta, Poma-Urey, Ossa-López, Rivera-Páez, & Ramírez-Chaves, 2021)

Langer's Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Acosta, L.H., Poma-Urey, J.L., Ossa-López, P.A., Rivera-Páez, F.A. and Ramírez-Chaves, H.E. 2021-09-19. A new species of Eptesicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), from the sub-Andean Forest of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Therya 12(3):391-409.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-21-1119

Original name as described

Eptesicus langeri

Type material

MNK M 5584

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"El Cedral-Agua Rica, 15 km from the Municipality of Samaipata, Province of Florida, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia (-18° 13’ 10.55” S, -63° 47’ 49.74” W; 2,020 masl)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Eptesicus to the recently described Neoeptesicus

Taxonomy notes citation

Acosta, L. H., Poma-Urey, J. L., Ossa-López, P. A., Rivera-Páez, F. A., & Ramírez-Chaves, H. E. (2021). A new species of Eptesicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), from the sub-Andean Forest of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Therya, 12(3), 391-409. · Cláudio, V. C., Novaes, R. L., Gardner, A. L., Nogueira, M. R., Wilson, D. E., Maldonado, J. E., ... & Moratelli, R. (2023). Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia (Curitiba), 40, e22029.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006578

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.

Eptesicus langeri

(Acosta, Poma-Urey, Ossa-López, Rivera-Páez, & Ramírez-Chaves, 2021)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

langeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNK M 5584

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

395

Authority publication

Therya

Neoeptesicus langeri

Cláudio, Novaes, A. L. Gardner, Nogueira, D. E. Wilson, Maldonado, J. A. de Oliveira, & Moratelli, 2023

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

langeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Zoologia (Curitiba)

Name usages

  1. Cláudio, Novaes, Gardner, Nogueira, Wilson, Maldonado, Oliveira & Moratelli (2023:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62645)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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