Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829. Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt 1: 98.
Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774
SUBGENUS Nannugo Kolenati, 1856. Allg. Dtsch. Naturhist. Ztg. (N.F.) 2(4): 131
Vespertilio nathusii Keyserling & Blasius
Kolenati, F.A. 1856. Europa's Chiroptern I. Synopsis der Europäischen Chiroptern. Allgemeine deutsche Naturhistorische Zeitung 2(1): 121-133. Read volume.
Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839).
Arch. Naturgesch. 5(1): 320.
Nathusius' Pipistrelle
SUBGENUS Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829. Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt 1: 98
Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774
Pipistrellus creticus Benda, 2009.
Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 72: 153.
Crete Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus etula Torrent, Juste, Garin, Aihartza, Dalton, Mamba, Tanshi, Powell, Padidar, Garcia Mudarra, Richards, & Monadjem, 2025.
Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 204(zlaf020): 14.
Bioko Pipistrelle
Equatorial Guinea, Bioko Island, Biao Lake
Known only from Bioko Island
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Torrent, L., J. Juste, I. Garin, J. Aihartza, D.L. Dalton, M. Mamba, I. Tanshi, L.L. Powell, S. Padidar, J.L. Garcia Mudarra, L. Richards, and A. Monadjem. 2025. Taxonomic revision of African pipistrelle-like bats with a new species from the West Congolese rainforest. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2): zlaf020. Read abstract.
Pipistrellus hanaki Hulva & Benda, 2004.
Acta Chiropterol. 6(2): 207.
Hanak's Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus (Temminck, 1840).
Monograph. Mammal... Musées de l'Europe 2: 211.
Dusky Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817).
Die Deutschen Fledermäuse, Hanau p. 6, 55.
Kuhl's Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus maderensis (Dobson, 1878).
Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus. p. 231.
Madeiran Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 14: 198.
Tiny Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774).
Die Säugethiere 1: 167.
Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825).
Zool. J. 1: 559.
Soprano Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus raceyi Bates, Ratrimomanarivo, Harrison,
& Goodman, 2006.
Acta Chiropterol. 8(2): 301.
Racey's Pipistelle
Pipistrellus rusticus (Tomes, 1861).
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861: 35.
Rusty Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus simandouensis Monadjem, Richards, Decher & Hutterer, 2020.
Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 191: 559.
Simandou Serotine
Guinea, Macenta, Simandou Range, Whiskey 1 Locality
Guinea
CITES - Not Listed (new species). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Monadjem, A., L.R. Richards, J. Decher, R. Hutterer, M.L. Mamba, J. Guyton, P. Naskrecki, W. Markotter, B. Wipfler, A.S. Kropff, and D.L. Dalton 2020. A phylogeny for African Pipistrellus species with the description of a new species from West Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191: 548-574. Read abstract.