[3] In their initial description for H. scutinares, Mark F. Robinson and colleagues placed this species in the H. pratti group, which also includes Pratt's roundleaf bat (H. pratti) and the shield-faced roundleaf bat (H.

The type locality is Ban Khankeo on the upper Nam Hinboun River in Khammouane Province,[a] Laos (17°58′N 104°49′E / 17.967°N 104.817°E / 17.967; 104.817).

[2] It was subsequently recorded in Cha Noi Cave, Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam.

[5] The specific epithet comes from the Latin scutum "shield" and nares "nostrils".

[6] Its name in Vietnamese is dơi nếp mũi đông dương.