Barbastella leucomelas (Cretzschmar, 1826) . In Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth., p. 73.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Sinai .

DISTRIBUTION: Caucasus to The Pamirs, N Iran, Afganistan, India, and W China; Honshu, Hokkaido (Japan); Sinai (Egypt); N Ethiopia; perhaps Indo-China.

SYNONYMS: blanfordi, caspica, darjelingensis, walteri.