Pipistrellus Kaup 1829
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus

description: Pipistrellus Kaup 1829
Pipistrellus Kaup 1829, Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, Vol. 1: 98.
Type Species: Vespertilio Pipistrellus Schreber 1774
Synonyms: Alobus Peters 1867; Attalepharca Menu 1987; Eptesicops Roberts 1926; Euvesperugo Acloque 1899; Nannugo Kolenati 1856; Romicia Gray 1838; Romicius Blyth 1840; Vansonia Roberts 1946.
Species and subspecies: 31 species with 46 subspecies in 2 subgenera:
Subgenus Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) Kaup 1829
Subgenus Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) Menu 1984
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) abramus Temminck 1838
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) adamsi Kitchener, Caputi, and Jones 1986
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) aero Heller 1912
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) angulatus Peters 1880
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) angulatus subsp. angulatus Peters 1880
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) angulatus subsp. ponceleti Troughton 1936
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus Kelaart 1852
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. ceylonicus Kelaart 1852
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. borneanus Hill 1963
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. indicus Dobson 1878
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. raptor Thomas 1904
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. shanorum Thomas 1915
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. subcanus Thomas 1915
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. tongfangensis Wang 1966
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) collinus Thomas 1920
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) coromandra Gray 1838
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) deserti Thomas 1902
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) endoi Imaizumi 1959
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus Temminck 1840
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus subsp. hesperidus Temminck 1840
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus subsp. fuscatus Thomas 1901
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus subsp. subtilis Sundevall 1846
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperus H. Allen 1864
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperus subsp. hesperus H. Allen 1864
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperus subsp. maximus Hatfield 1936
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) inexspectatus Aellen 1959
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus Gray 1838
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. javanicus Gray 1838
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. babu Thomas 1915
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. camortae Miller 1902
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. meyeni Waterhouse 1845
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. peguensis Sinha 1969
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii (Kuhl 1817)
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii subsp. kuhlii Kuhl 1817
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii subsp. ikhwanius Cheesman and Hinton 1924
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii subsp. lepidus Blyth 1845
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) maderensis Dobson 1878
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) minahassae Meyer 1899
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) nanulus Thomas 1904
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) nathusii Keyserling and Blasius 1839
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) papuanus Peters and Doria 1881
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) paterculus Thomas 1915
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) paterculus subsp. paterculus Thomas 1915
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) paterculus subsp. yunnanensis Wang 1982
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) permixtus Aellen 1957
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pipistrellus (Schreber 1774)
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pipistrellus subsp. pipistrellus Schreber 1774
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pipistrellus subsp. aladdin Thomas 1905
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pygmaeus (Leach 1825)
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii J. Fischer 1829
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. rueppellii J. Fischer 1829
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. coxi Thomas 1919
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. fuscipes Thomas 1913
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. pulcher Dobson 1875
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. senegalensis Dorst 1960
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. vernayi Roberts 1932
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus Tomes 1861
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus subsp. rusticus Tomes 1861
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus subsp. marrensis Thomas and Hinton 1923
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) stenopterus Dobson 1875
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) sturdeei Thomas 1915
Species Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus F. Cuvier 1832
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. subflavus F. Cuvier 1832
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. clarus Baker 1954
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. floridanus Davis 1957
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. veraecrucis Ward 1891
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis Temminck 1840
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. tenuis Temminck 1840
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. mimus Wroughton 1899
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. murrayi Andrews 1900
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. nitidus Tomes 1859
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. ponceleti Troughton 1936
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. portensis Allen 1906
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. sewelanus Oei 1960
Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. subulidens Miller 1901
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) wattsi Kitchener, Caputi, and Jones 1986
Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) westralis Koopman 1984
Discussion: For discussion of synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Hill (1976), Menu (1984), and Kitchener et al. (1986). Hill and Harrison (1987) reviewed the genus and recognized seven subgenera (Pipistrellus, Hypsugo, Falsistrellus, Perimyotis, Arielulus, Vespadelus, and Neoromicia), but most of these groups are now recognized as distinct genera. Does not include Hypsugo; see Horácek and Hanák (1985-1986), Tiunov (1986), Menu (1987), Ruedi and Arlettaz (1991), Volleth and Heller (1994), Volleth et al. (2001), and Mayer and von Helversen (2001 a). Does not include Glischropus; see Corbet and Hill (1992), but also see Menu (1987). Does not include Scotozous; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Does not include Vespadelus; see Volleth and Tidemann (1991) and Volleth and Heller (1994). Does not include Falsistrellus; see Kitchener et al. (1986) and Volleth and Heller (1994). Does not include Arielulus; see Heller and Volleth (1984) and Volleth and Heller (1994), who transferred this subgenus to Eptesicus, and Csorba and Lee (1999), who subsequently argued that it should be recognized as a distinct genus. Does not include Neoromicia; see Volleth et al. (2001) and Kearney et al. (2002). Only Pipistrellus and Perimyotis are retained here as subgenera. American species reviewed by Hall and Dalquest (1950); Indomalayan species reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Also see Peterson et al. (1995) and Barratt et al. (1995).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 472, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519