{{Short description|Genus of bat}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Thainycteris | authority = Kock & Storch, 1996 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''T. aureocollaris''<br /> ''T. torquatus'' }}

'''''Thainycteris''''' is a genus of vesper bat with two species, one found in Indochina and the other found in Taiwan. Its members were previously classified within ''Arielulus'', but more recent studies support ''Thainycteris'' as being 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|doi-access=free}}</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|doi-access=free}}</ref>

There are two species in this genus:

* Collared sprite (''T. aureocollaris'') * Necklace sprite (''T. torquatus'')

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Category:Thainycteris Category:Bat genera