Vespadelus
Vespadelus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The genus name was first published by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton and Tom Iredale in 1934, but without an adequate description; the type was cited as "Scotophilus pumilus" Gray, 1841. The 1934 review included taxa previously ascribed to other generas and placed these with the proposed arrangement, the type species was assigned to a new combination as "Vespadelus pumilus". Troughton later provided a diagnosis for the genus in 1943, making this name available. Other circumscriptions have assigned these species to genera "Pipistrellus" and "Eptesicus". An earlier treatment of populations  had placed them as the sole species of "Eptesicus" ("E. pumilus"). The separation to this genus followed comparative studies that recognised its diversity and nominated new species (Kitchener, 1987; Queale.). Subsequent authors recognition of the arrangement published as "Vespadelus" by Troughton in 1943 saw the name of this genus reëstablished. The following nine species are currently recognised.