• Setirostris Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L. & Adams, M. in Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 109–136 [117] [as subgenus of Mormopterus].

  Type species:

   Mormopterus eleryi Reardon & McKenzie, 2008 by original designation.

Introduction

Described as a subgenus of Mormopterus (Readon et al. 2014) and treated as a genus by Jackson & Groves (2015)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN)

General References

Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp.

Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62(2): 109–136

History of changes

• Mormopterus eleryi Reardon, T. & McKenzie, N. in Reardon, T., Adams, M., McKenzie, N. & Jenkins, P. 2008. A new species of Australian freetail bat Mormopterus eleryi sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of M. norfolkensis (Gray). Zootaxa 1875: 1-31.

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA M23519 adult ♀ ('body preserved in 10% formalin and then in 70% ethanol, skull extracted. Liver tissue (number ABTC87979) is held in the Australian Biological Tissue Collection at the South Australian Museum'), South Australia, 1.1 km ESE of Eringa [26.29184°S 134.739030°E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA M23515 ♀ ('spirit with skull in situ'), South Australia, Eringa [26.28474°S 134.72471°E]; SAMA M15811 ♂ ('spirit with skull extracted'), South Australia, Boomika Dam [26.0583°S 135.5083°E].

Generic Combinations

• Mormopterus (Setirostris) eleryi (Reardon & McKenzie, 2008). —
  Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L. & Adams, M. in Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 109–136 [117] (new combination as sole member of new subgenus Micronomus (Setirostris))
• Setirostris eleryi (Reardon & McKenzie, 2008). —
  Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [262]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN)

Distribution References

History of changes