Vespertilioninae Gray 1821

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 451

Vespertilioninae Gray 1821

Vespertilioninae Gray 1821 , London Med. Repos., 15: 299.

Synonyms: Nyctophilinae Peters 1865 .

Genera: 38 genera with 238 species in 7 tribes:

Tribe Eptesicini Volleth and Heller 1994

Genus Arielulus Hill and Harrison 1987 (5 species)

Genus Eptesicus Rafinesque 1820 (23 species with 51 subspecies)

Genus Hesperoptenus Peters 1868 (5 species)

Tribe Lasiurini Tate 1942

Genus Lasiurus Gray 1831 (17 species with 14 subspecies)

Tribe Nycticeiini Gervais 1855

Genus Nycticeinops Hill and Harrison 1987 (1 species)

Genus Nycticeius Rafinesque 1819 (3 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Rhogeessa H. Allen 1866 (10 species)

Genus Scoteanax Troughton 1943 (1 species)

Genus Scotoecus Thomas 1901 (5 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Scotomanes Dobson 1875 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Scotophilus Leach 1821 (12 species with 20 subspecies)

Genus Scotorepens Troughton 1943 (4 species with 2 subspecies)

Tribe Nyctophilini Peters 1865

Genus Nyctophilus Leach 1821 (11 species with 8 subspecies)

Genus Pharotis Thomas 1914 (1 species)

Tribe Pipistrellini Tate 1942

Genus Glischropus Dobson 1875 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Nyctalus Bowditch 1825 (8 species with 8 subspecies)

Genus Pipistrellus Kaup 1829 (31 species with 46 subspecies)

Genus Scotozous Dobson 1875 (1 species)

Tribe Plecotini Gray 1866

Genus Barbastella Gray 1821 (2 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Corynorhinus H. Allen 1865 (3 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Euderma H. Allen 1892 (1 species)

Genus Idionycteris Anthony 1923 (1 species)

Genus Otonycteris Peters 1859 (1 species)

Genus Plecotus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818 (8 species with 11 subspecies)

Tribe Vespertilionini Gray 1821

Genus Chalinolobus Peters 1866 (7 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Eudiscopus Conisbee 1953 (1 species)

Genus Falsistrellus Troughton 1943 (5 species)

Genus Glauconycteris Dobson 1875 (12 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Histiotus Gervais 1856 (7 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Hypsugo Kolenati 1856 (18 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Ia Thomas 1902 (1 species)

Genus Laephotis Thomas 1901 (4 species)

Genus Mimetillus Thomas 1904 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Neoromicia Roberts 1926 (11 species with 23 subspecies)

Genus Philetor Thomas 1902 (1 species)

Genus Tylonycteris Peters 1872 (2 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Vespadelus Troughton 1943 (9 species)

Genus Vespertilio Linnaeus 1758 (2 species with 7 subspecies)

Discussion: May not be monophyletic; see Simmons (1998). Includes Nyctophilinae; see Koopman (1984 a), Volleth and Tidemann (1991), and Volleth and Heller (1994). Does not include Myotinae ; see Volleth and Heller (1994), Simmons (1998), and Simmons and Geisler (1998). Koopman (1994) proposed a tribal classification for the subfamily (subsequently reproduced by McKenna and Bell, 1997), but these groupings have not been supported in phylogenetic studies. Volleth and Tidemann (1991) and Volleth and Heller (1994) proposed a tribal classification based on a phylogenetic analysis of karyotypes but did not include all genera. The tribal classification adopted here follows Koopman (1994) with modifications suggested by Volleth and Tidemann (1991), Tumlinson and Douglas (1992), Frost and Timm (1992), Volleth and Heller (1994), Bogdanowicz et al. (1998), Hoofer and Van Den Bussche (2001), and Volleth et al. (2001).