Kerivoula Gray, 1842. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:258.
TYPE SPECIES: Vespertilio pictus Pallas, 1767.
SYNONYMS: Phoniscus.
COMMENTS: Includes Phoniscus; see Koopman (1982:22) and Ryan (1965:518); but also see Hill (1965:524-528) and Corbet and Hill (1980:77).