Vespertilionini Gray 1821

Vespertilionini Gray 1821, London Med. Repos., 15: 299.

Genera: 14 genera with 81 species:

Genus Chalinolobus Peters 1866 (7 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Eudiscopus Conisbee 1953 (1 species)

Genus Falsistrellus Troughton 1943 (5 species)

Genus Glauconycteris Dobson 1875 (12 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Histiotus Gervais 1856 (7 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Hypsugo Kolenati 1856 (18 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Ia Thomas 1902 (1 species)

Genus Laephotis Thomas 1901 (4 species)

Genus Mimetillus Thomas 1904 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Neoromicia Roberts 1926 (11 species with 23 subspecies)

Genus Philetor Thomas 1902 (1 species)

Genus Tylonycteris Peters 1872 (2 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Vespadelus Troughton 1943 (9 species)

Genus Vespertilio Linnaeus 1758 (2 species with 7 subspecies)

Discussion: Does not include Arielulus, Eptesicus, Hesperoptenus, Glischropus, Nyctalus, Pipistrellus, and Scotozous; see Volleth (1992), Volleth and Heller (1994), and Volleth et al. (2001). Includes Hypsugo, Falsistrellus, Tylonycteris, and Vespadelus; see Volleth and Tidemann (1991) and Volleth and Heller (1994). Includes Neoromicia; see Volleth et al. (2001). May include Nyctophilus (Volleth and Tideman, 1991), here placed in a separate tribe Nyctophilini along with Pharotis .