Neoromicia hlandzeni

P. J. Taylor, Strydom, L. Richards, Markotter, Toussaint, T. Kearney, Cotterill, A. Howard, Weier, M. Keith, Neef, Mamba, Magagula, & Monadjem, 2022

Lowveld Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Taylor, P.J., Strydom, E., Richards, L., Markotter, W., Toussaint, D.C., Kearney, T., Cotterill, F.P.D., Howard, A., Weier, S.M., Keith, M., Neef, G., Mamba, M.L., Magagula, S. and Monadjem, A. 2022-11-28. Integrative taxonomic analysis of new collections from the central Angolan highlands resolves the taxonomy of African pipistrelloid bats on a continental scale. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196(4):1570-1590.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac071

Original name as described

Neoromicia hlandzeni

Type material

DNSM 8423

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Eswatini, Mlawula Nature Reserve, near the Siweni train siding in the north-eastern lowveld savanna region of the country (latitude 26.17998°S; longitude 32.04871°E)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe · Mozambique · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to N. anchieta

Taxonomy notes citation

Taylor, P. J., Strydom, E., Richards, L., Markotter, W., Toussaint, D. C., Kearney, T., ... & Monadjem, A. (2022). Integrative taxonomic analysis of new collections from the central Angolan highlands resolves the taxonomy of African pipistrelloid bats on a continental scale. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlac071.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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