Scotoecus Thomas, 1901 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 7:263.

COMMENT: Considered a subgenus of Nycticeius by Hayman and Hill, 1971, Part 2: 36; but see Hill, 1974, Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) ZooL, 27:169- 171.