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Status of the African bats Vesperugo grandidieri Dobson 1876 and Vesperugo flavescens Seabra 1900 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new subgenus
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Eric Thorn
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September 26, 2007
Abstract
The taxonomy of some African vespertilionid bats of uncertain status is studied. Analysis of the original description of Vesperugo flavescens Seabra 1900 and subsequent examination and discussion of a syntype specimen of V. flavescens disclose discrepancies leading to the conclusion that it is a nomen dubium. V. flavescens is furthermore preoccupied by Nannugo pipistrellus var. flavescens Koch 1865. The holotype of Vesperugo grandidieri Dobson 1876 is examined, its species characters, especially of its skull and dentition, clearly established, and the taxon is removed from the synonymy of Neoromicia capensis (Smith 1829) as a well-defined species, Pipistrellus (sensu lato) grandidieri, that differs from any subgenus recently associated with that genus. Eptesicus capensis angolensis Hill 1937 is considered to be conspecific with P. grandidieri, the former representing a subspecies in south-central and west-central Africa.
Keywords: Afropipistrellus n-s-g; Chiroptera; Eptesicus capensis angolensis; taxonomy; Vesperugo flavescens; Vesperugo grandidieri
Published Online: 2007-09-26
Published in Print: 2007-1
©2007 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York
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Keywords for this article
Afropipistrellus n-s-g;
Chiroptera;
Eptesicus capensis angolensis;
taxonomy;
Vesperugo flavescens;
Vesperugo grandidieri
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