Genus Myotis Kaup, 1829
- Myotis Kaup, J. 1829. Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und Natürliches System der Europäischen Thierwelt. Leipzig : C.W. Leske xii 204 pp. [106, 188] [see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Direction 98. Interpretation under the Plenary Powers of the nominal species Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758, and insertion in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of a revised entry relating to the generic name Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Mammalia) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 91). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1(Section F): 127–160 [145–146] for discussion of the name of the type species of Myotis Kaup].
Type species:
Vespertilio murinus Schreber, 1775 by monotypy (as Vespertilio murinus [105] and as Myotis murinus [188]).Compiled from secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Direction 98. Interpretation under the Plenary Powers of the nominal species Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758, and insertion in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of a revised entry relating to the generic name Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Mammalia) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 91). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1(Section F): 127-160.
Distribution
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
- Philippines
Palaearctic Region
General References
Cooper, S.J.B., Day, P.R., Reardon, T. & Schulz, M. 2000. Assessment of species boundaries in Australian Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) using mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Mammalogy 82: 328-338
Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85
Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [137] (recognised two subgenera, Leuconoe Boie, 1830, with species adversus (Horsfield, 1824) (junior synonyms Vespertilio macropus Gould, 1855 and Leuconoe moluccarum Thomas, 1915); and Selysius Bonaparte, 1841 with species australis (Dobson, 1878))
Tate, G.H.H. 1941. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 39 A review of the genus Myotis (Chiroptera) of Eurasia, with special reference to species occurring in the East Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 537-565 [541-542] (see for works giving extralimital synonyms of species and subspecies)
van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp. [544] (no subgenera and a single species, Myotis macropus (Gould, 1855) listed for Australia)