Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson, in Horsfield, 1855

Thomas, Nikky M., Duckworth, J. W., Douangboubpha, Bounsavane, Williams, Meredith & Francis, Charles M., 2013, A checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lao PDR, Acta Chiropterologica 15 (1), pp. 193-260 : 222

Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson, in Horsfield, 1855

Asian barbastelle

Plecotus darjelingensis Hodgson, in Horsfield, 1855: 103 ; Dar- jeeling, NE India.

Distribution

Distribution in Lao PDR ( Fig. 53 ): Xiangkhouang Province: Tranninh (MNHN collection) (see Duckworth and Pons, 2011).

Note

Significant parts of Tranninh are outside of the region assigned today to Xiangkhouang Province, so while Xiangkhouang is probably the correct province, this cannot be confirmed.

Taxonomic note

The then hypothetical occurrence of Barbastella in SE Asia was given as B. leucomelas in Francis 2008 but following Benda et al. (2008), bats in this area would probably represent the recently reinstated B. darjelingensis (see Duckworth and Pons, 2011).

Figures

FIG. 53. Distribution of Barbastella darjelingensis (dot represents approximate likely capture locality)