A New Species of Pipistrelle Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Southern Arabia

Benda, Petr; Reiter, Antonín; Uhrin, Marcel; Varadínová, Zuzana Kotyková

doi:10.3161/15081109acc2016.18.2.001

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“…Although the NMP specimen from Zambia was originally identified as and referred to Laephotis botswanae Setzer, 1971 (Benda et al 2016, Monadjem et al 2021, here its determination is corrected to L. angolensis, in accordance with the conclusions by Taylor et al (2022). Based on the results of a molecular genetic analysis, the latter authors suggested to consider both names as synonyms.…”

Section: Afropipistrellus Grandidieri (Dobson 1876)supporting

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“…The first dataset contained sequences of the genus Hipposideros from Africa, the second dataset contained sequences of African pipistrelloid bats (sensu Monadjem et al 2021, Taylor et al 2022. The GenBank Accession Numbers of the newly defined haplotypes are listed in Appendix 2, comparative haplotypes were extracted from the studies by Juste et al (2013), Koubínová et al (2013), Monadjem et al (2013bMonadjem et al ( , 2021, Goodman et al (2015), Benda et al (2016), Hutterer et al (2019), andMoir et al (2020).…”

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African bats in the collection of the National Museum, Prague (Chiroptera). I. Bats from Zambia

Benda¹,

Uvizl²,

Mazoch³

et al. 2022

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A list of 139 specimens of bats belonging to 32 species of eight families originating from Zambia, housed in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, is presented in a systematical review. The species lists are complemented by comments on distribution and morphometry data. The specimens represent 73 new records (species vs. locality) of bats from Zambia. The collection contains two species new for the Zambian fauna, Afropipistrellus grandidieri and Neoromicia somalica. Two species, Rhinolophus sakejiensis and Chaerephon bivittatus are documented for the second time from Zambia, the former bat for the first time after the species description at all. The record localities of Epomophorus labiatus, Rhinolophus mossambicus, and Neoromicia somalica shift margins of the whole known distribution ranges of these bats. In Epomophorus dobsonii, Nyctinomus aegyptiacus, Glauconycteris variegata, Pipistrellus rusticus, Scotophilus leucogaster, and S. viridis, the collection specimens represent new peripheral records making their distribution range margins more precise. Molecular genetic analysis revealed new distribution extent of particular mitochondrial lineages of the otherwise common species in Zambia, Hipposideros caffer, Nycteris thebaica, and Miniopterus natalensis s.str.

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confidence: 65%

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African bats in the collection of the National Museum, Prague (Chiroptera). I. Bats from Zambia

Benda¹,

Uvizl²,

Mazoch³

et al. 2022

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“…The systematic relationships of these bats have been the subject of much debate over the past few decades (Hill & Harrison, 1987;Volleth & Heller, 1994;Hoofer & Van Den Bussche, 2003;Roehrs, Lack & Van Den Bussche, 2010;Koubínová et al, 2013;Amador et al, 2018;Moratelli & Burgin, 2019) and a strongly supported phylogeny, particularly of basal nodes, has not yet been published. Furthermore, species limits are poorly known for many taxa (Andriollo, Naciri, & Ruedi, 2015), and new species and genera continue to be described (Benda et al, 2016;Görföl et al, 2020).…”

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A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species

Monadjem

Demos

Dalton

et al. 2020

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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Vespertilionidae (class Mammalia) constitutes the largest family of bats, with ~500 described species. Nonetheless, the systematic relationships within this family are poorly known, especially among the pipistrelle-like bats of the tribes Vespertilionini and Pipistrellini. Perhaps as a result of their drab pelage and lack of obvious morphological characters, the genus and species limits of pipistrelle-like bats remain poorly resolved, particularly in Africa, where more than one-fifth of all vesper bat species occur. Further exacerbating the problem is the accelerating description of new species within these groups. In this study, we attempt to resolve the systematic relationships among the pipistrelle-like bats of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar and provide a more stable framework for future systematic efforts. Our systematic inferences are based on extensive genetic and morphological sampling of > 400 individuals covering all named genera and the majority of described African pipistrelle-like bat species, focusing on previously unstudied samples of East African bats. Our study corroborates previous work by identifying three African genera in Pipistrellini (Pipistrellus, Scotoecus and Vansonia), none of which is endemic to Africa. However, the situation is more complex in Vespertilionini. With broad taxonomic sampling, we confirm that the genus Neoromicia is paraphyletic, a situation that we resolve by assigning the species of Neoromicia to four genera. Neoromicia is here restricted to Neoromicia zuluensis and allied taxa. Some erstwhile Neoromicia species are transferred into an expanded Laephotis, which now includes both long-eared and short-eared forms. We also erect two new genera, one comprising a group of mostly forest-associated species (many of which have white wings) and the other for the genetically and morphologically unique banana bat. All four of these genera, as recognized here, are genetically distinct, have distinctive bacular morphologies and can be grouped by cranial morphometrics. We also demonstrate that the genus Nycticeinops, until now considered monospecific, includes both Afropipistrellus and the recently named Parahypsugo, thus representing the fifth African genus in Vespertilionini. A sixth genus, Hypsugo, is mostly extra-limital to sub-Saharan Africa. Finally, we describe three new species of pipistrelle-like bats from Kenya and Uganda, uncovered during the course of systematic bat surveys in the region. Such surveys are greatly needed across tropical Africa to uncover further bat diversity.

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“…Similarly, other new pipistrelle-like bats have been recently described and taxonomically assigned. These include P. roseveari ( Monadjem et al 2013 ), P. isabella ( Decher et al 2015 ), Pipistrellus dhofarensis ( Benda et al 2016 ), Nycticeinops happoldorum ( Hutterer et al 2019 ), Pipistrellus simandouensis ( Monadjem et al 2021b ); and, in Madagascar, Pipistrellus raceyi ( Bates et al 2006 ), and Laephotis robertsi ( Goodman et al 2012 ). The fact that the new systematics has incorporated all these new taxa without requiring further adjustments suggests that the African vespertilionid bats are currently organized in a robust and lasting taxonomic arrangement.…”

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A new Pipistrelle bat from the oceanic Island of Príncipe (Western Central Africa)

Juste

Torrent

Méndez-Rodríguez

et al. 2023

Journal of Mammalogy

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We describe a population of pipistrelle-like bats from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Western Central Africa) as a new species based on the molecular and morphological characteristics of six specimens collected more than 30 years ago. The description of this new species was not possible until the traditionally entangled systematics of the whole pipistrelle group was clarified in recent years with the inclusion of molecular techniques and adequate species sampling. In this new taxonomic framework, the new species was clearly included within the dark-winged group of the recently described genus Pseudoromicia. The pipistrelles from Príncipe Island present a moderately inflated skull in lateral view with inner upper incisors that are moderately bicuspids and a baculum distinctly long with expanded tips. Besides these morphological characters, the new bat species is distinguished by its dwarfism, being the smallest species recognized within the genus. The ecology and conservation status of this endemic island species are unknown and field studies are urgently needed to evaluate the situation and conservation threats to this new species in its natural habitat.

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A New Species of Pipistrelle Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Southern Arabia

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References 18 publications

African bats in the collection of the National Museum, Prague (Chiroptera). I. Bats from Zambia

African bats in the collection of the National Museum, Prague (Chiroptera). I. Bats from Zambia

A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species

A new Pipistrelle bat from the oceanic Island of Príncipe (Western Central Africa)

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