Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 432 451 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Chaerephon Dobson 1874 Chaerephon Dobson 1874 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 43: 144 . Type Species: Molossus (Nyctinomus) johorensis Dobson 1873 Synonyms: Lophomops J. A Allen 1917 ; Nyctinomus E. Geoffroy 1818 . Species and subspecies: 18 species with 13 subspecies: Species Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae Festa 1907 Species Chaerephon ansorgei Thomas 1913 Species Chaerephon bemmeleni Jentink 1879 Subspecies Chaerephon bemmeleni subsp. bemmeleni Jentink 1879 Subspecies Chaerephon bemmeleni subsp. cistura Thomas 1903 Species Chaerephon bivittatus (Heuglin 1861) Species Chaerephon bregullae Felten 1964 Species Chaerephon chapini J. A. Allen 1917 Subspecies Chaerephon chapini subsp. chapini J. A. Allen 1917 Subspecies Chaerephon chapini subsp. lancasteri Hayman 1938 Species Chaerephon gallagheri Harrison 1975 Species Chaerephon jobensis Miller 1902 Subspecies Chaerephon jobensis subsp. jobensis Miller 1902 Subspecies Chaerephon jobensis subsp. colonicus Thomas 1906 Species Chaerephon johorensis (Dobson 1873) Species Chaerephon leucogaster (A. Grandidier 1870) Species Chaerephon major Trouessart 1897 Species Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas 1913 Subspecies Chaerephon nigeriae subsp. nigeriae Thomas 1913 Subspecies Chaerephon nigeriae subsp. spillmani Monard 1933 Species Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan 1800) Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. plicatus Buchannan 1800 Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. dilatatus Horsfield 1822 Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. insularis Phillips 1932 Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. luzonus Hollister 1913 Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. tenuis Horsfield 1822 Species Chaerephon pumilus (Cretzschmar 1830) Species Chaerephon russatus J. A. Allen 1917 Species Chaerephon shortridgei Thomas 1926 Species Chaerephon solomonis Troughton 1931 Species Chaerephon tomensis Juste and Ibañez 1993 Discussion: Formerly included in Tadarida but apparently distinct, see Freeman (1981) . Recognized as a subgenus of Tadarida by Hill (1983) , Legendre (1984) , Corbet and Hill (1992) , and Peterson et al. (1995) . Keys have been provided by a number of authors; see Taylor (1999) for a critical summary of those used for African species, and Corbet and Hill (1992) for SE Asian species. Also see Bouchard (1998) , but note that her key apparently includes errors in the first two couplets (M. Happold, pers. comm.). Species groups follow Koopman (1994) .