Alionoctula Kruskop, Solovyeva & Kaznadzey, 2018. Zool. Stud. 57: 60
Vesperugo stenopterus Dobson, 1875
References:
Kruskop, S.V., E.N. Solovyeva, and A.D. Kaznadzey. 2018. Unusual Pipistrelle: Taxonomic Position of the Malayan Noctule (Pipistrellus stenopterus; Vespertilionidae; Chiroptera). Zoological Studies 57(60): 1-15. Read article.
Zhukova, S.S., A.P. Yuzefovich, V.S. Lebedev, and S.V. Kruskop. 2025. Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini) . Diversity 17(5): 1-24. Read article.
Alionoctula sturdeei (Thomas, 1915).
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 15: 230.
Sturdee's Pipistrelle
Japan, Bonin Isls, Hillsboro (= Hahajima) Isl
Bonin Isls (Japan)
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Extinct (2020).
Formerly included in Pipistrellus; see Zhukova et al., 2025. Reviewed by Yoshiyuki (1989) and Görföl et al. (2020). Known from a single female "slightly immature" (Thomas, 1915: 231) specimen collected in the 1890s with an uncertain provenance (see Görföl et al., 2020), this species has not been reported since and is likely extinct.
References:
Görföl, T., D. Fukui, and G. Csorba. 2020. The taxonomic reassessment of a reportedly extinct bat, Pipistrellus sturdeei (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 4755(1): 163-170. Read abstract.
Thomas, O. 1915. On the bats of the genera Nyctalus, Tylonycteris, and Pipistrellus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8, 15(86): 225-232. Read article.
Yoshiyuki, M. 1989. A systematic study of the Japanese Chiroptera. National Science Museum Monographs 16: 1-242. Read abstract.
Zhukova, S.S., A.P. Yuzefovich, V.S. Lebedev, and S.V. Kruskop. 2025. Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini) . Diversity 17(5): 1-24. Read article.
Includes all "eastern" pipistrelles (abramus, ceylonica, javanica, tenuis, coromandra, paterculus, and dhofarensis) and related forms (e.g., cf. coromandra) and tentatively all Pipistrellus species in Southern and East Asia and Australasia. Includes three species groups. The "javanicus species group includes the "eastern" species noted above. The "abramus" group includes only abramus itself. The "stenoptera" group also includes the single species stenoptera. Zhukova et al. suggest that adamsi, angulata, collina, papuana, and wattsi belong to the "javanica" species group. We have not allocated westralis, endoi, minhassae, murrayi, or sturdeei into any species groups within Alionoctula.