Vespadelus Troughton 1943

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 : 496

Vespadelus Troughton 1943

Vespadelus Troughton 1943 , Furred animals of Australia, 1st ed., Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 349.

Type Species: Scotophilus pumilus Gray 1841

Synonyms: Registrellus Troughton 1943 .

Species and subspecies: 9 species:

Species Vespadelus baverstocki Kitchener, Jones, and Caputi 1987

Species Vespadelus caurinus (Thomas 1914)

Species Vespadelus darlingtoni (G. M. Allen 1933)

Species Vespadelus douglasorum Kitchener 1976

Species Vespadelus finlaysoni Kitchener, Jones, and Caputi 1987

Species Vespadelus pumilus (Gray 1841)

Species Vespadelus regulus (Thomas 1906)

Species Vespadelus troughtoni Kitchener, Jones, and Caputi 1987

Species Vespadelus vulturnus (Thomas 1914)

Discussion: Vespadelus was first published as a nomen nudum (no accompanying diagnosis) by Iredale and Troughton (1934); the name was made available by Troughton (1943), who provided a diagnosis. Often included in Pipistrellus (e.g., Hill and Harrison, 1987) or Eptesicus (e.g., Adams et al., 1987; Kitchener et al., 1987; Koopman, 1993, 1994; McKean et al., 1978), but see Volleth and Tidemann (1991) and Volleth and Heller (1994). Revised by Kitchener et al. (1987); see also Adams et al. (1987) and Queale (1997). Species groups follow Kitchener et al. (1987).