Pipistrellus Kaup 1829

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 : 472

Pipistrellus Kaup 1829

Pipistrellus Kaup 1829 , Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, Vol. 1: 98.

Type Species: Vespertilio Pipistrellus Schreber 1774

Synonyms: Alobus Peters 1867 ; Attalepharca Menu 1987 ; Eptesicops Roberts 1926 ; Euvesperugo Acloque 1899 ; Nannugo Kolenati 1856 ; Romicia Gray 1838 ; Romicius Blyth 1840 ; Vansonia Roberts 1946 .

Species and subspecies: 31 species with 46 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) Kaup 1829

Subgenus Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) Menu 1984

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) abramus Temminck 1838

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) adamsi Kitchener, Caputi, and Jones 1986

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) aero Heller 1912

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) angulatus Peters 1880

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) angulatus subsp. angulatus Peters 1880

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) angulatus subsp. ponceleti Troughton 1936

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus Kelaart 1852

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. ceylonicus Kelaart 1852

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. borneanus Hill 1963

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. indicus Dobson 1878

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. raptor Thomas 1904

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. shanorum Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. subcanus Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. tongfangensis Wang 1966

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) collinus Thomas 1920

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) coromandra Gray 1838

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) deserti Thomas 1902

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) endoi Imaizumi 1959

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus Temminck 1840

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus subsp. hesperidus Temminck 1840

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus subsp. fuscatus Thomas 1901

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperidus subsp. subtilis Sundevall 1846

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperus H. Allen 1864

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperus subsp. hesperus H. Allen 1864

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperus subsp. maximus Hatfield 1936

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) inexspectatus Aellen 1959

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus Gray 1838

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. javanicus Gray 1838

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. babu Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. camortae Miller 1902

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. meyeni Waterhouse 1845

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) javanicus subsp. peguensis Sinha 1969

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii (Kuhl 1817)

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii subsp. kuhlii Kuhl 1817

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii subsp. ikhwanius Cheesman and Hinton 1924

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) kuhlii subsp. lepidus Blyth 1845

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) maderensis Dobson 1878

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) minahassae Meyer 1899

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) nanulus Thomas 1904

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) nathusii Keyserling and Blasius 1839

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) papuanus Peters and Doria 1881

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) paterculus Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) paterculus subsp. paterculus Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) paterculus subsp. yunnanensis Wang 1982

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) permixtus Aellen 1957

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pipistrellus (Schreber 1774)

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pipistrellus subsp. pipistrellus Schreber 1774

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pipistrellus subsp. aladdin Thomas 1905

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pygmaeus (Leach 1825)

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii J. Fischer 1829

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. rueppellii J. Fischer 1829

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. coxi Thomas 1919

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. fuscipes Thomas 1913

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. pulcher Dobson 1875

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. senegalensis Dorst 1960

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. vernayi Roberts 1932

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus Tomes 1861

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus subsp. rusticus Tomes 1861

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus subsp. marrensis Thomas and Hinton 1923

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) stenopterus Dobson 1875

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) sturdeei Thomas 1915

Species Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus F. Cuvier 1832

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. subflavus F. Cuvier 1832

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. clarus Baker 1954

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. floridanus Davis 1957

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Perimyotis) subflavus subsp. veraecrucis Ward 1891

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis Temminck 1840

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. tenuis Temminck 1840

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. mimus Wroughton 1899

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. murrayi Andrews 1900

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. nitidus Tomes 1859

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. ponceleti Troughton 1936

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. portensis Allen 1906

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. sewelanus Oei 1960

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. subulidens Miller 1901

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) wattsi Kitchener, Caputi, and Jones 1986

Species Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) westralis Koopman 1984

Discussion: For discussion of synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Hill (1976), Menu (1984), and Kitchener et al. (1986). Hill and Harrison (1987) reviewed the genus and recognized seven subgenera ( Pipistrellus , Hypsugo , Falsistrellus , Perimyotis , Arielulus , Vespadelus , and Neoromicia ), but most of these groups are now recognized as distinct genera. Does not include Hypsugo ; see Horácek and Hanák (1985-1986), Tiunov (1986), Menu (1987), Ruedi and Arlettaz (1991), Volleth and Heller (1994), Volleth et al. (2001), and Mayer and von Helversen (2001 a). Does not include Glischropus ; see Corbet and Hill (1992), but also see Menu (1987). Does not include Scotozous ; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Does not include Vespadelus ; see Volleth and Tidemann (1991) and Volleth and Heller (1994). Does not include Falsistrellus ; see Kitchener et al. (1986) and Volleth and Heller (1994). Does not include Arielulus ; see Heller and Volleth (1984) and Volleth and Heller (1994), who transferred this subgenus to Eptesicus , and Csorba and Lee (1999), who subsequently argued that it should be recognized as a distinct genus. Does not include Neoromicia ; see Volleth et al. (2001) and Kearney et al. (2002). Only Pipistrellus and Perimyotis are retained here as subgenera. American species reviewed by Hall and Dalquest (1950); Indomalayan species reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Also see Peterson et al. (1995) and Barratt et al. (1995).