It is found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Stoliczka's trident bat was described as a new species in 1871 by George Edward Dobson.

The holotype had been collected by Ferdinand Stoliczka on Penang Island, Malaysia.

[3] In 1952, Colin Campbell Sanborn published a revision of the species, in which he considered multiple other names as synonymous, including Phyllorhina trifida and Triaenops wheeleri.

[5] Stoliczka's trident bat has a wide range in Asia, and can be found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.