Neoromicia Roberts 1926

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 : 493

Neoromicia Roberts 1926

Neoromicia Roberts 1926 , Ann. Transvaal Mus., 11: 245.

Type Species: Eptesicus zuluensis Roberts 1924

Species and subspecies: 11 species with 23 subspecies:

Species Neoromicia brunneus (Thomas 1880)

Species Neoromicia capensis (A. Smith 1829)

Subspecies Neoromicia capensis subsp. capensis A. Smith 1829

Subspecies Neoromicia capensis subsp. damarensis Noack 1889

Subspecies Neoromicia capensis subsp. garambae J. A. Allen 1917

Subspecies Neoromicia capensis subsp. gracilior Thomas and Schwann 1905

Subspecies Neoromicia capensis subsp. grandidieri Dobson 1876

Subspecies Neoromicia capensis subsp. nkatiensis Roberts 1932

Subspecies Neoromicia capensis subsp. notius G. M. Allen 1908

Species Neoromicia flavescens (Seabra 1900)

Species Neoromicia guineensis (Bocage 1889)

Subspecies Neoromicia guineensis subsp. guineensis Bocage 1889

Subspecies Neoromicia guineensis subsp. rectitragus Wettstein 1916

Species Neoromicia helios ( Heller 1912)

Species Neoromicia melckorum (Roberts 1919)

Species Neoromicia nanus ( Peters 1852)

Subspecies Neoromicia nanus subsp. nanus Peters 1852

Subspecies Neoromicia nanus subsp. culex Thomas 1911

Subspecies Neoromicia nanus subsp. fouriei Thomas 1926

Subspecies Neoromicia nanus subsp. meesteri Kock 2001

Subspecies Neoromicia nanus subsp. minusculus Miller 1900

Subspecies Neoromicia nanus subsp. stampflii Jentink 1888

Species Neoromicia rendalli (Thomas 1889)

Subspecies Neoromicia rendalli subsp. rendalli Thomas 1889

Subspecies Neoromicia rendalli subsp. phasma G. M. Allen 1911

Species Neoromicia somalicus (Thomas 1901)

Subspecies Neoromicia somalicus subsp. somalicus Thomas 1901

Subspecies Neoromicia somalicus subsp. humbloti (Milne-Edwards 1881)

Subspecies Neoromicia somalicus subsp. malagasyensis Peterson, Eger, and Mitchell 1995

Subspecies Neoromicia somalicus subsp. ugandae Hollister 1916

Species Neoromicia tenuipinnis (Peters 1872)

Subspecies Neoromicia tenuipinnis subsp. tenuipinnis Peters 1872

Subspecies Neoromicia tenuipinnis subsp. ater J. A. Allen 1917

Species Neoromicia zuluensis (Roberts 1924)

Discussion: Often considered a subgenus of Pipistrellus (e.g, Hill and Harrison, 1987; Koopman, 1994) or Eptesicus (e.g., Koopman, 1993) but raised to generic rank and transferred to Vespertilionini by Volleth et al. (2001) based on karyotype data. Also see Kearney et al. (2002), who provided additional evidence in support of this arrangment. For a partial phylogeny see Kearney et al. (2002), who also suggested that Laephotis might nest within Neoromicia .