Genus Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837
- Miniopterus Bonaparte, C.L. 1837. Iconografia della Fauna Italica: per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo 1 Mammiferi e Uccelli. Fasc. XXI (1832–1841). Roma : Tipografia Salviucci. [publication date established from Salvadori, T. 1888. Le date della pubblicazione della 'Iconografia della Fauna Italicien' del Bonaparte ed Indice delle species illustrata in detta opera. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 3(48): 1–25 [9]; first page (unnumbered) of text entitled Vespertilio ursinii] [originally made available as a subgenus of Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758;].
Type species:
Miniopterus ursinii Bonaparte, 1837 by monotypy. - Miniopteris Tomes, R.F. 1858. A monograph of the genus Miniopteris. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858: 115-128 pl. 65 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [440]] [116] [unjustified emendation of Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85 (lists works giving taxonomic decisions and extralimital synonyms)
Introduction
Following Appleton et al. (2004) and Tian et al. (2004), the distribution of Miniopterus schreibersii is restricted to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, whereas M. orianae is the taxon recognized in Australasia.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
VESPERTILIONIDAE: Miniopterus macrodens Maeda, 1982 — Maeda, K. 1982. Studies on the classification of Miniopterus in Eurasia, Australia and Melanesia. Honyurui Kagaku suppl. 1: 1–176. [22-23, 81, 94]; Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48 [23]
MINIOPTERIDAE: Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) — Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A. & Harrison, P.L. 2014. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. Melbourne, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 1038 pp.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Africa, S Europe, Asia, SE Asian islands, New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
Appleton, B.R., McKenzie, J.A. & Christidis, L. 2004. Molecular systematics and biogeography of the bent-wing bat complex Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 431-439
Tian, L., Liang, B., Maeda, K. Metzner, W., & Zhang, S. 2004. Molecular studies on the classification of Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Folia Zoologica 53(3): 303–311
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | CHIROPTERA | 12-Jan-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 02-Apr-2015 | Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837 | 14-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Nov-2010 | 22-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 02-Dec-2010 | 04-Dec-2018 | MODIFIED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | MODIFIED |