Authority citation: Goodman, S.M., Kearney, T., Ratsimbazafy, M.M. and Hassanin, A. 2017-02-22. Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for "_N._ cf. _melckorum"_. Zootaxa 4236(2):351-374.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.10
Original name as described: Neoromicia stanleyi
Nominal names: krugeri (Herkt, Skidmore, & Fahr, 2017) [nomen nudum] | stanleyi (S. M. Goodman, T. Kearney, M. M. Ratsimbazafy, & Hassanin, 2017)
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae -- Tribe: Vespertilionini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: TM 48487
Type locality: "Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chitabe, Gomoti River, Highbanks, 19.41979 S, 23.40413 E; 950 m above sea level."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Zimbabwe (ZWE) | Mozambique? | South Africa?
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described; moved from Neoromicia to Laephotis based on recent molecular data
Citation: Goodman, S. M., Kearney, T., Ratsimbazafy, M. M., & Hassanin, A. (2017). Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for N. cf. melckorum. Zootaxa, 4236(2), 351-374.|Monadjem, A., T. C. Demos, D. L. Dalton, P. W. Webala, S. Musila, J. C. K. Peterhans and B. D. Patterson (2021). 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.
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