Arielulus Hill and Harrison 1987

Arielulus Hill and Harrison 1987, Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., 52: 250.

Type Species: Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck 1840

Synonyms: Thainycteris Kock and Storch 1996 .

Species and subspecies: 5 species:

Species Arielulus aureocollaris Kock and Storch 1996

Species Arielulus circumdatus (Temminck 1840)

Species Arielulus cuprosus (Hill and Francis 1984)

Species Arielulus societatis (Hill 1972)

Species Arielulus torquatus Csorba and Lee 1999

Discussion: Named as a subgenus of Pipistrellus by Hill and Harrison (1987). Transferred to Eptesicus by Heller and Volleth (1984) and Volleth and Heller (1994), but subsequently recognized as a distinct genus by Csorba and Lee (1999). Includes Thainycteris; see Csorba and Lee (1999).