Alionoctula dhofarensis

(Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, & Varadínová, 2016)

Dhofar Pipistrelle

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Benda, P., Reiter, A., Uhrin, M. and Varadínová, Z. 2016-12. A new species of pipistrelle bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Arabia. Acta Chiropterologica 18(2):301-323.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.001

Original name as described

Pipistrellus dhofarensis

Type material

NMPr 92741

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sultanate of Oman, Dhofar Province, Ain Tabruq spring; 17°06'N, 54°20'E, 115 m a.s.l."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Oman · Yemen

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Reiter, A., Uhrin, M. and Varadínová, Z. 2016. A new species of pipistrelle bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Arabia. Acta Chiropterologica 18(2):301-323. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.001 · Zhukova, S.S., Yuzefovich, A.P., Lebedev, V.S. and Kruskop, S.V. 2025. Reassessment of the taxonomic borders within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity 17(317):1-24. doi:10.3390/d17050317

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005617

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Pipistrellus dhofarensis

Benda, Reiter, Uhrin, & Varadínová, 2016

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dhofarensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr 92741

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sultanate of Oman, Dhofar Province, Ain Tabruq spring; 17°06'N, 54°20'E, 115 m a.s.l.

Type locality

Oman: 17°6′N, 54°20′E.

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Alionoctula dhofarensis:

Zhukova, Yuzefovich, Lebedev, & Kruskop, 2025

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dhofarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Diversity

Name usages

Zhukova, Yuzefovich, Lebedev & Kruskop (2025:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69659)

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