Vespertilionidae

Hoffmann, Michael, Grubb, Peter, Groves, Colin P., Hutterer, Rainer, Straeten, Erik Van Der, Simmons, Nancy & Bergmans, Wim, 2009, A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989), Zootaxa 2205, pp. 1-36 : 21-22

Vespertilionidae

Afropipistrellus Thorn, Kock & Cuisin, 2007: 75. Subgenus of Pipistrellus . Type species: Vesperugo grandidieri Dobson, 1876 .

Barbastella barbastellus guanchae Trujillo, Ibáñez & Juste, 2002: 544 . “ Spain, Canary Islands, Tenerife, La Guancha, Barranco de La Cantera, 300 m a.s.l.”.

Glauconycteris curryae Eger & Schlitter, 2001: 2 . “ Cameroon: 10 km W Bipindi (03o 05' N, 10o 25' E), approximately 300 m above sea level”. Justified emendation of Glauconycteris curryi Eger & Schlitter 2001 , by Eger (2001). [DD]

Remarks: The authors did not explain how the specific name was formed but as there is no 'y' in Latin, the original name “ curryi ” must have been formed directly from the modern personal name and as it is the name of a woman (Noreen Curry), should be corrected to “ curryae ” (see Article 31.1.2; ICZN 1999).

Miniopterus gleni Peterson, Eger , & Mitchell, 1995: 128. “dans une grotte marine entre Sardrano et Saint- Augustin, à 20 k au Sud de Tuléar” [ Madagascar]. [LC]

Miniopterus minor occidentalis Juste & Ibáñez, 1992: 362 . “Meya-Nzouari Cave, Koilou (3°53'S, 14°31'E), Republic of Congo ”.

Miniopterus petersoni Goodman, Bradman, Maminirina, Ryan, Christidis & Appleton, 2008: 201 . “ Madagascar: Province de Toliara, Cascade de Manantantely, 5.2 km NW of Tolagnaro, 24°59.343'S, 46º55.370'E, 65m ”. [DD]

Miniopterus sororculus Goodman, Ryan, Maminirina, Fahr, Christidis & Appleton, 2007: 1219 . “ Madagascar: Province de Fianarantsoa, 3 km south of Ambatofinandrahana, in unnamed cave, 20º34.321'S, 46º48.530'E, 1,450 m ”. [LC]

Myotis dieteri Happold, 2005: 11 . “Grotte du Viaduc à Loudima, Republic of Congo (04°15’S, 13°00’E)”. [DD]

Pipistrellus africanus meesteri Kock, 2001: 129 . New name for Pipistrellus nanus australis Roberts, 1913: 67 , Port St. Johns, South Africa (preoccupied by Pipistrellus hesperus australis Miller, 1897 , a North American bat).

Remarks: As a result of taxonomic confusion at the generic and specific levels, this subspecies has been variously known as Pipistrellus africanus meesteri , Pipistrellus nanus meesteri , and Neoromicia nanus meesteri (see Bronner et al. 2003). The epithet africanus predates nanus , but Opinion 2120 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) ( Anonymous 2005) argued to retain nanus on the grounds of nomenclatural stability (based on Happold’s (2003) original application, Case 3240). Neoromicia nanus is retained by Simmons (2005), but see Lausen & Barclay (2005).

Pipistrellus hanaki Hulva & Benda, 2004: 207 . “ Libya, Cyrenaica, upper part of the Wadi Al Kuf (the Jabal Akhdar Mts.), ca. 5 km southwest of Al Bayda, Al Jabal Al Akhdar Dist., 32°44’N, 21°41’E; ca. 495 m a.s.l.”. [DD]

Pipistrellus raceyi Bates, Ratrimomanarivo, Harrison & Goodman, 2006: 301 . “Kianjavato, Province de Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, 21°22.84’S, 47°51.96’E, 75 m a.s.l.”. [DD]

Plecotus balensis Kruskop & Lavrenchenko, 2000: 6 . “ Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains National Park, southern Ethiopia, 06°45'N, 39°44'E, 2760 m ”. [DD]

Plecotus teneriffae gaisleri Benda, Kiefer, Hanák & Veith, 2004: 28 . “Wadi al Kuf, SW Massah, Cyrenaica, Libya ”.

Scotophilus marovaza Goodman, Ratrimomanarivo & Randrianandrianina, 2006: 23 . “ Madagascar, Province de Mahajanga, Marovaza , 14°56’S, 47°16’E, 5 m above sea level”. [LC]

Scotophilus tandrefana Goodman, Jenkins & Ratrimomanarivo, 2005: 875 . “ Madagascar, Province de Mahajanga, just outside the limit of the Parc National de Bemaraha, 1.8 km SE from Bekopaka and 0.6 km NE from Andadoany, 19°08.454’S, 44°48.732’E, about 50 m above sea-level”. [DD]