Arielulus circumdatus

(Temminck, 1840)

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Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Nycticeiini
Genus: Arielulus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog/page/140/mode/2up

Original name as described

Vespertilio circumdatus

Other common names

Black-gilded Pipistrelle

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35433, ZMB 3554

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35433.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35433.b

Type locality

"L'île de Java, dans le district sauvage de Tapos, " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Cambodia · Indonesia · Malaysia · Thailand · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. drungicus; the exact distributional limits between this species and A. drungicus are not well resolved

Taxonomy notes citation

Zhukova, S.S., Yuzefovich, A.P., Kruskop, S.V. and Son, N.T. 2025. Black-gilded pipistrelles (Arielulus s.str., Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in eastern Indochina. Mammal Study (in press). doi:10.3106/ms2024-0047

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005508

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio circumdatus

Temminck, 1840

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

circumdatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35433, ZMB 3554

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

L'île de Java, dans le district sauvage de Tapos

Type locality

Indonesia: Java.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35433.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35433.b

Authority page

214

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Temminck (1840:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
Schinz (1844:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1904:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pipistrellus circumdatus:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

circumdatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Chasen (1940:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Anthony (1941:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16202)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Hill & Harrison (1987:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2301910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1498)
Corbet & Hill (1991:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Bates & Harrison (1997:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)

Noctulinia circumdata:

Fitzinger, 1870

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

circumdatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704646

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)

Vesperugo circumdatus:

Trouessart, 1878

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

circumdatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975523

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)

P. c. circumdatus:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

circumdatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Arielulus circumdatus:

Csorba & Lee Lingling, 1999

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

circumdatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

364

Authority publication

Journal of Zoology, London

Name usages

Csorba & Lee (1999:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1900)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41534/22005596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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