Glauconycteris poensis

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Abo Butterfly Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324282

Original name as described

Kerivoula poensis

Other common names

Abo Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1842.11.4.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f632c8ff-33cb-4a5c-bfd6-bc9ef09c96b7

Type locality

"Fernando Po [= Bioko], " Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Tanzania · Togo · Kenya?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005545

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

Kerivoula poensis

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.11.4.33

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Fernando Po

Type locality

Nigeria.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f632c8ff-33cb-4a5c-bfd6-bc9ef09c96b7

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324282

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Vesperus (Hesperoptenus) Kraussii

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kraussii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Yoruba (Guinea)

Type locality

Nigeria.

Authority page

638

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990160

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1868:638, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67627)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nyctophylax poënsis:

Fitzinger, 1870

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

558

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705003

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:558, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37092)

Chalinolobus poensis:

Trouessart, 1878

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975526

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
Trouessart (1904:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1993:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Glauconycteris poensis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782178

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Corbet & Hill (1991:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus (2006:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Happold & Happold (2013:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44798/22069513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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