Barbastella Gray 1821

Barbastella Gray 1821, London Med. Repos., 15: 300.

Type Species: Vespertilio barbastellus Schreber 1774

Synonyms: Synotus Keyserling and Blasius 1839 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber 1774)

Subspecies Barbastella barbastellus subsp. barbastellus Schreber 1774

Subspecies Barbastella barbastellus subsp. guanchae Trujillo, Ibáñez, and Juste 2002

Species Barbastella leucomelas Cretzschmar 1826

Subspecies Barbastella leucomelas subsp. leucomelas Cretzschmar 1826

Subspecies Barbastella leucomelas subsp. darjelingensis Hodgson 1855

Discussion: Corbet (1978 c) provided a key separating the two species.