A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library Author Voon-Ching Lim Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia voonchinglim@gmail.com Author Rosli Ramli Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Author Subha Bhassu Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Author John-James Wilson International College Beijing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China wilso04@gmail.com text PLoS ONE 2017 2017-07-25 12 7 1 65 journal article 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555 6ea2cc5c-857b-4b47-8135-8bff7efbd1fc PMC5526618 28742835 4251352 Arielulus societatis [Hill, 1972] Pipistrellus societatis Hill, 1972: 34 ; Base Camp , Gunong Benom , Pahang , MALAYSIA , 3˚ 51’N, 102˚11’E, 800ft (Boo-Liat Lim and Hoi-Sen Yong , collector; BM(NH) 1967.1605) [ 140 ]. Arielulus societatis [ 98 ]. Common English name: Benom Gilded Pipistrelle Barcode Index Number: There are no DNA barcodes recorded under this name on BOLD . Remarks: The species closely resembles Arielulus circumdatus Temminck, 1840 but has smaller forearms, post-palatal extension, toothrows and rostrum [ 140 ]. Heller and Volleth [ 53 ] considered A . societatis and A . circumdatus to be conspecific with the former being the lowland subspecies of the latter but this was refuted by Hill and Francis [ 173 ] on the basis of morphological characteristics (see remarks on the genus Arielulus ). Both are recognised as distinct species by Simmons [ 98 ]. IUCN status: Vulnerable Recorded at: Selangor : Ulu Gombak [ 53 ]; Pahang : Fraser Hill Forest Reserve [ 56 ], Gunong Benom [ 140 ]. A . societatis has been recorded in primary lowland and hill forests, and secondary forests, and found roosting in a hole of a tree trunk beside a forest stream [ 11 , 14 ].