Arielulus Hill & Harrison, 1987. Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist 52: 250.
Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840
SUBGENUS Arielulus Hill & Harrison, 1987. Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist 52: 250
Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840
Arielulus circumdatus (Temminck, 1840).
Monogr. Mamm. 2: 214.
Bronze Sprite
Arielulus cuprosus (Hill & Francis, 1984).
Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. 47: 312.
Coppery Sprite
Arielulus drungicus (Wang, 1982).
Zool. Res. 3 (Suppl.): 345.
Dulong Sprite
Arielulus societatis (Hill, 1972).
Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. 23: 34.
Social Sprite
SUBGENUS Thainycteris Kock & Storch, 1996. Senckenbergiana biologica 76:
Thainycteris aureocollaris Kock & Storch, 1996
Csorba, G., and L.L. Lee. 1999. A new species of vespertilionid bat from Taiwan and a revision of the taxonomic status of Arielulus and Thainycteris (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology 248: 361-367. Read abstract.
Francis, C.M, A.V. Borisenko, N.V. Ivanova, J.L. Eger, B.K. Lim, A. Guillén-Servent, S.V. Kruskop, I. Mackie, and P.D. Hebert.  2010. The role of DNA barcodes in understanding and conservation of mammal diversity in Southeast Asia. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12575. Read article.
Görföl, T., N.M. Furey, P.J.J. Bates and G. Csorba. 2018. The identity of ‘Falsistrellus’ affinis from Myanmar and Cambodia and new records of Hypsugo dolichodon from these countries . Acta Chiropterologica 20(2): 301-309. Read abstract.
Görföl, T., S.V. Kruskop,V.T. Tu, P. Estók, N.T. Son, and G. Csorba. 2020. A new genus of vespertilionid bat: the end of a long journey for Joffre’s Pipistrelle (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy gyz202: 6. Read article.
Kock, D., and G. Storch. 1996. Thainycteris aureocollaris, a remarkable new genus and species of vespertilionine bats from SE Asia (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Senkenbergiana Biologica 76: 1-6. Not available online.
Arielulus aureocollaris (Kock & Storch, 1996).
Senkenberg. Biol. 76(1/2): 2.
Collared Sprite
Thainycteris aureocollaris
Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Amphoe (District) Mae Ai, Doi (Mount) Pha Hom Pok, 20°08'N, 99°10'E, 1,500 m
S China, NW Thailand, N Laos, N & C Vietnam
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2020).
References:
Csorba, G., and L.L. Lee. 1999. A new species of vespertilionid bat from Taiwan and a revision of the taxonomic status of Arielulus and Thainycteris (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology 248: 361-367. Read abstract.
Francis, C.M, A.V. Borisenko, N.V. Ivanova, J.L. Eger, B.K. Lim, A. Guillén-Servent, S.V. Kruskop, I. Mackie, and P.D. Hebert.  2010. The role of DNA barcodes in understanding and conservation of mammal diversity in Southeast Asia. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12575. Read article.
Görföl, T., N.M. Furey, P.J.J. Bates and G. Csorba. 2018. The identity of ‘Falsistrellus’ affinis from Myanmar and Cambodia and new records of Hypsugo dolichodon from these countries . Acta Chiropterologica 20(2): 301-309. Read abstract.
Görföl, T., S.V. Kruskop,V.T. Tu, P. Estók, N.T. Son, and G. Csorba. 2020. A new genus of vespertilionid bat: the end of a long journey for Joffre’s Pipistrelle (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy gyz202: 6. Read article.
Guo, W., W. Yu, X. Wang, G. Csorba, F. Li, Y. Li, and Y. Wu. 2017. First record of the collared sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China. Mammal Study 42: 97-103. Read abstract.
Haslauer, R. 2019. Thainycteris aureocollaris.  Pages 826 In D.E. Wilson and R.A. Mittermeier (eds.) Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 9. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Not available online.
Kock, D., and G. Storch. 1996. Thainycteris aureocollaris, a remarkable new genus and species of vespertilionine bats from SE Asia (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Senkenbergiana Biologica 76: 1-6. Not available online.
Arielulus torquatus Csorba & Lee, 1999.
J. Zool., Lond. 248: 364-366.
Necklace Sprite
Taiwan, Taichung County, Wu-ling Farm; 1,800 m; 24°24'N, 121°18'E
Taiwan
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern as Arielulus torquatus (2019).
Originally described as a species of Arielulus, but apparently closely related to aureocollaris and only distantly related to Arielulus s.s.; see Görföl et al. (2020). See also Haslauer (2019).
References:
Csorba, G., and L.L. Lee. 1999. A new species of vespertilionid bat from Taiwan and a revision of the taxonomic status of Arielulus and Thainycteris (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology 248: 361-367. Read abstract.
Görföl, T., S.V. Kruskop,V.T. Tu, P. Estók, N.T. Son, and G. Csorba. 2020. A new genus of vespertilionid bat: the end of a long journey for Joffre’s Pipistrelle (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy gyz202: 6. Read article.
Haslauer, R. 2019. Thainycteris torquatus.  Pages 826-827 In D.E. Wilson and R.A. Mittermeier (eds.) Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 9. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Not available online.
Placed in Arielulus by Csorba and Lee (1999), but apparently distinct; see Francis et al. (2010), Guo et al. (2017), Görföl et al. (2018, 2020). See also Haslauer (2019).