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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].

Published as part of Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu & John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, pp. 1-65 in PLoS ONE 12 (7) on page 46, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352