Synonymy

• Vesperugo Keyserling & Blasius, 1839: 312
• Vesperus Keyserling & Blasius, 1839: 313 [as subgenus of Vesperugo; preoccupied by Vesperus Latreille, 1829]
• Meteorus Kolenati, 1856: 131 [as subgenus of Vesperus; preoccupied by Meteorus Haliday, 1835]
  • Type species: Vespertilio discolor Kuhl, 1817, by subsequent designation by Kretzoi & Kretzoi (2000)]
• "Aristippe" Kolenati, 1863: 40
  • Type species: Vespertilio discolor Kuhl, 1817, by subsequent designation by Kretzoi & Kretzoi (2000)]
• Marsipolaemus Peters, 1872: 260 [as subgenus of Vesperus]
  • Type species: Vesperus (Marsipolaemus) albiventris Peters, 1872, by monotypy.
• Adelonycteris Allen, 1892: 466 [replacement name for Vesperus Blasius & Keyserling, 1839]

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Keyserling, E.G. von & Blasius, J.H. 1839. Uebersicht der Gattungs- und Artcharaktere der europäischen Fledermäuse. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 5(1): 293–331. BHL Reference page. 
• Kolenati, F.A. 1856. Europa’s Chiroptern. I. Synopsis der Europäischen Chiroptern. Allgemeine deutsche Naturhistorische Zeitung N.F. 2(4): 121–133. Reference page. 
• Kolenati, F.A. 1863. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Phtirio-Myiarien. Versuch einer Monographiae der Aphanipteren, Nycteribien und Strebliden. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 2: 10–101. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. 1872. Mittheilung über neue Flederthiere (Phyllorhina micropus, Harpyiocephalus Huttoni, Murina grisea, Vesperugo micropus, Vesperus (Marsipoloemus) albigularis, Vesperus propinquus, tenuipinnis). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872: 256–264. BHL Reference page. 
• Allen, H. [1891] 1892. Change of name of a genus of bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1891: 466. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Direction 98. Interpretation under the Plenary Powers of the nominal species Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758, and Insertion in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of a Revised entry relating to the generic name Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 (class Mammalia) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 91). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1F(9): 127–160. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

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• Horáček, I. 1997. Status of Vesperus sinensis Peters, 1880 and remarks on the genus Vespertilio. Vespertilio 2: 59–72. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Vespertilio 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.