Eptesicus pumilus Gray, 1841 . Appendix C in J. Two Exped. Austr., 2:406.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Yarrundi .

DISTRIBUTION: N Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia (Australia).

SYNONYMS: caurinus, darlingtoni, finlaysoni, troughtoni .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Vespadelus . Includes darlingtoni and caurinus; see McKean et al. (1978:533); but see also Kitchener et al. (1987), who described finlaysoni and troughtoni, which are included here, as separate species, and transferred darlingtoni to sagittula .