Pipistrellus bodenheimeri (Harrison, 1960) Bodenheimer's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus bodenheimeri Harrison, 1960:261. Type locality "Yotvata, Wadi Araba, 40 km. north of Eilat, Israel." CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Chiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera, family Vespertilionidae, subfamily Vespertilioninae, genus Pipistrellus, subgenus Hypsugo (Koopman 1993), savii group, savii subgroup (Hill and Harrison 1987). P. bodenheimeri is monotypic (Harrison and Bates 1991). DIAGNOSIS. Pipistrellus

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... ( Fig. 1) can be distinguished from other sympatric pipistrelles by dentition and uropatagial color. Uropatagium is paler than wing membranes in P. bodenheimeri but not in P. pipistrellus or P. savii (Harrison and Bates 1991) . First upper premolars of Bodenheimer's pipistrelle are minute and displaced inwards, unlike those of P. arabicus and P. rueppellii which are visible when the mouth is closed. First upper incisors are bicuspid, whereas those of P. kuhlii and P. ariel are unicuspid. However, 1 specimen of P. bodenheimeri has almost unicuspidate II (Harrison and Bates 1991), making the distinction between P. bodenheimeri and P. ariel based on dentition unreliable. Ears of P. bodenheimeri are lower and less pointed than those of P. ariel, and the muzzle is broad and round compared with the narrow and pointed muzzle of P. ariel (Harrison and Bates 1991) . Pipistrellus bodenheimeri has a short and broad baculum with an expanded distal end, and the terminal point is directed somewhat ventrally. This characteristic makes male P. bodenheimeri easily distinguishable from P. arabicus and P. pipistrellus, which have longer bacula with trifid and bifid tips, respectively (Harrison 1982) .