Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
           Genus Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829 - pipistrelles
             Subgenus Vespadelus Troughton, 1943 see Genus Vespadelus Troughton, 1943
               Pipistrellus darlingtoni (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987) see Vespadelus darlingtoni (Allen, 1933)