The Blackish Red Bat has been recorded in southeastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Its type specimen has a black face and wings, with black and dark-brown bands in the back fur.
The type specimen has a black face, muzzle, ears, lips, wings, and interfemoral membrane. Its back hairs have black bases and tips with a dark-brown band in between.
The type specimen was collected in lowland Atlantic Forest at about 40 m. A 2018 paper reports a second record about 100 km north, in Carlos Botelho State Park.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.