Miniopterus macrocneme Revilliod 1914

Miniopterus macrocneme Revilliod 1914, in: Sarasin and Roux, Nova Caledonia, A. Zool., Vol. 1: 360.

Type Locality: New Caledonia and Loyalty Isls.

Vernacular Names: Small Melanesian Long-fingered Bat.

Distribution: New Guinea to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Listed a subspecies of pusillus by Koopman (1993, 1994), but see Sanborn and Nicholson (1950), Flannery (1995 a, b), and Bonaccorso (1998). In a recent revision of the pusillus / australis complex, Kitchener and Suyanto (2002) treated macrocneme as a subspecies of pusillus, but did not examine specimens of macrocneme sensu stricto .