Chaerephon Dobson, 1874
Chaerephon Dobson, 1874; Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 43 : 144
Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907)
Ghana, Gabon, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia?. See [maps ]
aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907); Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino 22 (546): 1; TL : Uganda, Toro
Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae ; [CoL ]
Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae ;
Chaerephon ansorgei (Thomas, 1913)
Cameroun - Ethiopia - to (Mozambique - Angola). See [maps ]
ansorgei (Thomas, 1913); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11 : 318; TL : Angola, Malange
Chaerephon ansorgei ; [CoL ]
Tadarida ansorgei ;
Chaerephon bemmeleni (Jentink, 1879)
Liberia, Cameroun, Sudan, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania. See [maps ]
Chaerephon bemmeleni bemmeleni ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon bemmeleni cistura ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon bemmeleni ; [CoL ]
Tadarida bemmeleni ;
Chaerephon bivittata (Heuglin, 1861)
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. See [maps ]
bivittata (Heuglin, 1861); Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle, 29 (8): 413; TL : Eritrea, Keren
Chaerephon bivittatus ; [CoL ]
Tadarida bivittata ;
Chaerephon chapini J. A. Allen, 1917
Ethiopia, Zaire, Uganda, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia. See [maps ]
Chaerephon chapini J. A. Allen, 1917; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37 : 461; TL : Zaire, Oriental, Faradje
Chaerephon chapini ; [CoL ]
Tadarida chapini ;
Chaerephon gallagheri (Harrison, 1975)
Zaire. See [maps ]
gallagheri (Harrison, 1975); Mammalia, 39 : 313; TL : Zaire, Kivu, 30km SW Kindu, Scierie Forest (3°10'S, 25°49')
Chaerephon gallagheri ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon jobensis (Miller, 1902)
New Guinea, N.Australia, Solomons, New Hebrides, Fiji. See [maps ]
Nyctinomus jobensis Miller, 1902; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 24 : 246; TL : Irian Jaya, Tjenderawasih Div., Japen I. (Jobie I.), Ansus
solomonis
Chaerephon jobensis colonicus ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon jobensis jobensis ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon jobensis ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon solomonis ; [CoL ]
Tadarida jobensis ;
Chaerephon johorensis (Dobson, 1873)
Malaya, Sumatra. See [maps ]
johorensis (Dobson, 1873); Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal : 22; TL : Malaysia, Johore
Chaerephon johorensis ; [CoL ]
Tadarida johorensis ;
Chaerephon major (Trouessart, 1897)
Mali, Upper Volta, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, NE.Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania. See [maps ]
major (Trouessart, 1897); Cat. Mamm. Viv. Foss. (1st ed) part 1 : 146; TL : N.Sudan, 5th Cataract of the Nile
Chaerephon major ; [CoL ]
Tadarida major ;
Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas, 1913
Ghana, Niger - Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia - to (Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana). See [maps ]
Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas, 1913; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11 : 319; TL : Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Prov.
Chaerephon nigeriae nigeriae ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon nigeriae spillmani ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon nigeriae ; [CoL ]
Tadarida nigeriae ;
Chaerephon plicata (Buchanan, 1800)
Sri Lanka, India - S.China, Vietnam, Philippines, Borneo, Bali, Hainan, Cocos Keeling I.. See [maps ]
Kurttuhuulilepakko
plicata (Buchanan, 1800); Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 5 : 261; TL : India, Bengal
luzonus
?Chaerephon luzonus Hollister, 1913; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 46 : 512; TL : Cagayan, N.Luzon, Philippines
Chaerephon plicatus dilatatus ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon plicatus insularis ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon plicatus luzonus ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon plicatus plicatus ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon plicatus tenuis ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon plicatus ; [CoL ]
Tadarida plicata ;
Chaerephon pumila (Cretzschmar, 1826)
Senegal - Yemen - South Africa, Bioko, Pemba, Zanzibar, Aldabra, Madagascar. See [maps ]
Dysopes pumila Cretzschmar, 1826; in Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Africa Saugeth. : 69; TL : Eritrea, Massawa
pusillus
?Chaerephon pumilus naivashae Hollister, 1916; Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 66 (1): 4; TL : Naivasha Station, Kenya
?Nyctinomus pusllius Miller, 1902; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 15 : 245; TL : Aldabra I., NW of Madagascar
Chaerephon pumilus ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon pusillus ; [CoL ]
Tadarida pumila ;
Chaerephon russata J. A. Allen, 1917
Ghana, Cameroun, Zaire. See [maps ]
Chaerephon russata J. A. Allen, 1917; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37 : 458; TL : Zaire, Oriental, Medje
Chaerephon russatus ; [CoL ]
Tadarida russata ;
Unmatched external taxa
Chaerephon atsinanana ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon bregullae ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon jobimena ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon leucogaster ; [CoL ]
Chaerephon tomensis ; [CoL ]
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References:
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
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Some related literature:
Jentink, 1879
On a new bat, Nyctinomus bemmeleni, from Liberia
Notes Leyden Mus. 1
: 125 -127
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