Genus Vespadelus Troughton, 1944
- Vespadelus Troughton, E. le G. 1944. Furred Animals of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xxviii 374 pp. 25 pls. [publication date established from letter from Mr. R. Walsh, Angus & Robertson Publishers to J.A. Mahoney dated 7 June 1984] [348].
Type species:
Scotophilus pumilus Gray, 1841 by monotypy. - Vespadelus Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [95] [nomen nudum].
Type species:
Scotophilus pumilus Gray, 1841 by monotypy. - Registrellus Troughton, E. le G. 1944. Furred Animals of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xxviii 374 pp. 25 pls. [publication date established from letter from Mr. R. Walsh, Angus & Robertson Publishers to J.A. Mahoney dated 7 June 1984] [349].
Type species:
Pipistrellus regulus Thomas, 1906 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hill. J.E. & Harrison, D.L. 1987. The baculum in the Vespertilionidae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with a systematic review, a synopsis of Pipistrellus and Eptesicus, and the description of a new genus and subgenus. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 52: 225-305 (transferred species from Eptesicus)
- Volleth, M. & Tidemann, C.R. 1991. The origin of the Australian Vespertilioninae bats, as indicated by chromosomal studies. Zeitschrift fur Säugetierkunde 56: 321-330 (raised Vespadellus from subgenus of Pipistrellus to genus)
- Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [278]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
N & S America, West Indies, Europe, Africa and Asia.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, WA: Daly Basin (DAB), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | CHIROPTERA | 14-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Nov-2010 | 22-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |