Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) wattsi Kitchener, Caputi, and Jones 1986

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) wattsi Kitchener, Caputi, and Jones 1986, Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 12: 472.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Tepala, 8°05'S, 146°12'E.

Vernacular Names: Watts's Pipistrelle.

Distribution: SE Papua New Guinea and Sanari Isl.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Included in tenuis by Koopman (1993, 1994), but see Kitchener et al. (1986). Also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).