Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 58

Genus Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829

With Genus Nyctalus , this genus represents Tribe Pipistrellini and Subfamily Vespertilioninae . All Korean species representing the Genus Pipistrellus are classified in the Subgenus Pipistrellus . Three species of Pipistrellus have been listed as inhabiting Korea, but the presence of one of them, Pipistrellus pipistrellus ( Schreber, 1774) remains doubtful. Although P. pipistrellus was reported in central Korea ( Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951; Won 1958, 1967), no available specimens or collection data exist; these reports possibly represent erroneous identifications ( Corbet 1978). Therefore, we delisted P. pipistrellus from our list of the mammals of Korea and confirm two species of Pipistrellus in Korea.