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

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

DISTRIBUTION: Philippines, Borneo, and Java, southeast to Vanuatu (= New Hebrides) and E Australia.

SYNONYMS: paululus, shortridgei, solomonensis, tibialis, witkampi (These come from a variety of sources, some of which are probably erroneous).

COMMENTS: Two species may be included in this complex; see Koopman (1989a:9).