{{Short description|Genus of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.14899.b dor - Arielulus circumdatus - skin.jpeg | image_alt = | image_caption = preserved specimen of ''Arielulus circumdatus'' | taxon = Arielulus | authority = Hill & Harrison, 1987 | type_species = ''Vespertilio circumdatus'' | type_species_authority = Temminck, 1840 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = | subdivision = See text | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }}
'''''Arielulus''''' is a genus of vesper bats with the following species:<ref>{{Cite website |last=Upham |first=Nathan |date=2021-08-10 |title=Mammal Diversity Database |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993 |language=en |doi=10.5281/zenodo.5175993}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Guo|first1=Weijian|last2=Yu|first2=Wenhua|last3=Wang|first3=Xiaoyun|last4=Csorba|first4=Gabor|last5=Li|first5=Fang|last6=Li|first6=Yuchun|last7=Wu|first7=Yi|date=June 2017|title=First Record of the Collared Sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China|url=https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-42/issue-2/041.042.0204/First-Record-of-the-Collared-Sprite-Thainycteris-aureocollaris-Chiroptera-Vespertilionidae/10.3106/041.042.0204.full|journal=Mammal Study|volume=42|issue=2|pages=97–103|doi=10.3106/041.042.0204|s2cid=89727995|issn=1343-4152|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Francis|first1=Charles M.|last2=Borisenko|first2=Alex V.|last3=Ivanova|first3=Natalia V.|last4=Eger|first4=Judith L.|last5=Lim|first5=Burton K.|last6=Guillén-Servent|first6=Antonio|last7=Kruskop|first7=Sergei V.|last8=Mackie|first8=Iain|last9=Hebert|first9=Paul D. N.|date=2010-09-03|title=The Role of DNA Barcodes in Understanding and Conservation of Mammal Diversity in Southeast Asia|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=5|issue=9|article-number=e12575|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0012575|issn=1932-6203|pmc=2933245|pmid=20838635|bibcode=2010PLoSO...512575F|doi-access=free}}</ref>
== References == <references /> {{Vespertilionidae|V.|E.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q777103}}
Category:Arielulus Category:Bat genera
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