Miniopterus australis Tomes, 1858 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858: 125.

REVIEWED BY: F. R. Allison (FRA).

TYPE LOCALITY: New Caledonia, Loyalty Isis., Lifu (21 ° S. and 167.3° E.) (France) .

DISTRIBUTION: India to Hainan (China), southeast to Loyalty Isis, and N. E. Australia.

COMMENT: Includes pusillus, witkampi, tibialis, and paululus (KFK from a variety of sources, some probably erroneous). Goodwin, 1979, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 163: 118-120, recognized pusillus as a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014026001001.