Arielulus torquatus
Csorba & Lee Lingling, 1999
Necklace Sprite
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
Authority citation
Csorba, G. and Lee, L.-L. 1999-07. A new species of vespertilionid bat from Taiwan and a revision of the taxonomic status of Arielulus and Thainycteris (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology, London 248(3):361-367.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01035.xOriginal name as described
Arielulus torquatus
Other common names
Formosan Yellow-throated Bat · Necklace Pipistrelle · Yellow-necked Sprite
Type material
NTU FB 019
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Wu-ling Farm, 1, 800 m, 24°24'N, 121°18'E, Taichung County, Taiwan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Taiwan
Taxonomy notes
has been included under the genus Thainycteris, but recent molecular research has placed the species under Arielulus
Taxonomy notes citation
Francis, C.M., Borisenko, A.V., Ivanova, N.V., Eger, J.L., Lim, B.K., Guillén-Servent, A., Kruskop, S.V., Mackie, I. and Hebert, P.D.N. 2010. The role of DNA barcodes in understanding and conservation of mammal diversity in Southeast Asia. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12575. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012575 · Guo, W.-j., Yu, W.-h., Wang, X.-y., Csorba, G., Li, F., Li, Y.-c. and Wu, Y. 2017. First record of the collared sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China. Mammal Study 42(2):97-103. doi:10.3106/041.042.0204 · Görföl, T., Furey, N.M., Bates, P.J.J. and Csorba, G. 2019. The identity of 'Falsistrellus' affinis from Myanmar and Cambodia and new records of Hypsugo dolichodon from these countries. Acta Chiropterologica 20(2):301-309. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.2.002 · 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
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