Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea
Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Eptesicini
Genus: Arielulus
Species (5): A. aureocollaris - A. circumdatus - A. cuprosus - A. societatis - A. torquatus
Arielulus Hill & Harrison, 1987
Type Species: Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840
Synonyms
Thainycteris Kock and Storch, 1996
References
Hill & Harrison, 1987. Bull. Br. Museum of Natural History, 52: 250.
Arielulus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
English: Sprites.
Arielulus is a genus of vesper bats with the following species:[1]
Genus Arielulus
Bronze sprite (A. circumdatus)
Coppery sprite (A. cuprosus)
Social sprite (A. societatis)
The collared sprite (T. aureocollaris) and necklace sprite (T. torquatus) in the genus Thainycteris were formerly also classified in Arielulus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them forming a distinct genus.[2][3]
References
Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10). "Mammal Diversity Database". doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993.
Guo, Weijian; Yu, Wenhua; Wang, Xiaoyun; Csorba, Gabor; Li, Fang; Li, Yuchun; Wu, Yi (June 2017). "First Record of the Collared Sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China". Mammal Study. 42 (2): 97–103. doi:10.3106/041.042.0204. ISSN 1343-4152. S2CID 89727995.
Francis, Charles M.; Borisenko, Alex V.; Ivanova, Natalia V.; Eger, Judith L.; Lim, Burton K.; Guillén-Servent, Antonio; Kruskop, Sergei V.; Mackie, Iain; Hebert, Paul D. N. (2010-09-03). "The Role of DNA Barcodes in Understanding and Conservation of Mammal Diversity in Southeast Asia". PLOS ONE. 5 (9): e12575. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...512575F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012575. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2933245. PMID 20838635.
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