Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838) . Mag. Zool. Bot., 2:498.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Java .

DISTRIBUTION: S and C Japan; S Ussuri region (Russia and China); Korea; China, through SE Asia to Lesser Sunda Isis and the Philippines; perhaps Australia.

SYNONYMS: abramus, akokomuli, bancanus, camortae, irretitus, meyeni, pumiloides; "tralatitius" Thomas (not Horsfield).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Includes abramus, "tralatitius," and camortae; but see Soota and Chaturvedi (1980) and Hill and Harrison (1987). Includes meyeni and irretitus; see Laurie and Hill (1954:67), Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:165), Hill (1967:7), and Koopman (1973:115). Does not include paterculus, see Hill and Harrsion (1987).