Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie, 1901 . Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 225.

TYPE LOCALITY: Rumania, Bucharest .

DISTRIBUTION: Portugal, Spain, France, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Transcaucasia; Morocco to Cyrenaica (Libya); Mediterranean islands, Iran, Afghanistan, Asia Minor, Israel, Egypt.

SYNONYMS: carpentanus, tunetae.

COMMENTS: Revised by DeBlase (1972).