Nycticeinops

Nycticeinops
Schlieffen's serotine (N. schlieffeni)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Vespertilionini
Genus:	Nycticeinops Hill and Harrison, 1987
Type species
Nycticeius schlieffeni Peters, 1859
Species
See text
Synonyms
Parahypsugo Hutterer, Decher, Monadjem, and Astrin, 2019

Nycticeinops is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.^[1] It contains the following species:^[2][3]

• Bellier's serotine, Nycticeinops bellieri
• Broad-headed serotine, Nycticeinops crassulus
• Eisentraut's serotine, Nycticeinops eisentrauti
• Grandidier's serotine, Nycticeinops grandidieri
• Happolds's serotine, Nycticeinops happoldorum
• Large-headed serotine, Nycticeinops macrocephalus
• Schlieffen's serotine, Nycticeinops schlieffeni

Formerly, the only species placed in this genus was Schlieffen's serotine (N. schlieffeni), but phylogenetic evidence has placed several other species in this genus. These species were formerly classified in either Pipistrellus, Neoromicia, or Hypsugo until being reclassified into the new genus Parahypsugo in 2019. In a 2020 study, Nycticeinops was found to contain Parahypsugo, and thus both were synonymized.^[2][3]

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Monadjem, Ara; Demos, Terrence C; Dalton, Desire L; Webala, Paul W; Musila, Simon; Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C; Patterson, Bruce D (2021-04-01). "A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (4): 1114–1146. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087. hdl:2263/84301. ISSN 0024-4082.
3. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25