Parastrellus hesperus hesperus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Parastrellus hesperus hesperus (H. Allen, 1864)

Holotype: not assigned.

Lectotype: USNM 5406/37406, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed. [designated by G. S. Miller (1897: 88)]

Type locality: “Ft. Yuma, Cal.” [=Old Fort Yuma, Imperial Co., California, United States].

Pipistrellus hesperus hesperus: Grinnell, 1913: 279 [first use of trinomial combination]

Vesperugo merriami Dobson, 1866: 124 [synonymised by Findley & Traut, 1970: 756]

Holotype: USNM 186445, adult ♂, body in alcohol. [by monotypy]

Type locality: “Locust Grove, New York”, corrected to “Red Bluff, Tehama County, California” by G. S. Miller (1897: 31).

Pipistrellus hesperus australis Miller, 1897: 90 [synonymised by Findley & Traut, 1970: 756]

Holotype: USNM 52112, adult ♀, body in alcohol.

Type locality: “Barranca Ibarra, Jalisco, Mexico; altitude about 3,000 ft [=914 m].”

Pipistrellus hesperus apus Elliot, 1904: 269 [synonymised by Findley & Traut, 1970: 756]

Holotype: FMNH 11776, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Providentia Mines, State of Sonora, Mexico.”

Allen, H. 1864. Monograph of the bats of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 7: 1–85. BHL
Dobson, G.E. 1886. Description of a New Species of Vesperugo from North America. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5 18: 124–125. BHL
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1897. Revision of the North American Bats of the Family Vespertilionidae. North American Fauna 13:1–136. DOI: 10.3996/nafa.13.0001
Elliot, D.G. 1904. Descriptions of apparently new species and subspecies of mammals and a new generic name proposed. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series. Publications 90(3): 263–270. BHL
Findley, J.S. & Traut, G.L. 1970. Geographic Variation in Pipistrellus hesperus. Journal of Mammalogy 51(4): 741–765. DOI: 10.2307/1378299

Parastrellus hesperus hesperus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.