Systematics and Taxonomy of Great Striped-Faced Bats of the GenusVampyrodesThomas, 1900 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Abstract

The Neotropical bat genus Vampyrodes (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) is widely distributed from southern Mexico to southeastern Brazil. Long thought to be monotypic, V. caraccioli Thomas, 1889, was recognized by previous authors as including two subspecies with the nominate form inhabiting South America south and east of the Andes, and another subspecies, V. c. major Allen, 1908, occurring west and north of the Andes. Reexamination of these forms using molecular and morphological methods supports recognition of these lineages as distinct at the species level. We here provide amended descriptions and diagnoses for these taxa. We also report for the first time an example of perikymata (incremental growth lines that appear on the surface of dental enamel as a series of grooves) in Chiroptera. Presence of distinct perikymata is a synapomorphy of the genus Vampyrodes.

Expansion of the southern limit of Vampyrodes caraccioli Thomas, 1889 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) and first record for Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

“…Vampyrodes caraccioli is distributed in South America, with confirmed records for Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Trinidad, Tobago, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Brazil (Velazco and Simmons 2011). In Brazil, the species has been reported to occur in Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Paraná (Lopes et al 2016), the last state considered the known austral limit of the species distribution (Carvalho et al 2014).…”

“…Weber et al 2006, Gazarini and Bernardi 2007, Miranda et al 2007, Scultori et al 2009a, b, c, Carvalho and Fabián 2011. Additionally, in the last 6 years the distribution of the genus Vampyrodes Thomas, 1900 has been expanded , Velazco and Simmons 2011, Carvalho et al 2014, Lopes et al 2016.…”

“…Vampyrodes was considered for a long time as a monotypic genus (Gardner 2008a, however, it is currently composed of 2 species: Vampy rodes major Allen, 1908 andVampyrodes caraccioli (Thomas, 1889), both species overlapping in their areas of distribution in the northern part of South America, more specifically in Colombia (Velazco and Simmons 2011). Considering the variation on body size observed within the family Phyllostomidae, both species are considered as medium-sized bats, with forearm length ranging between NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 46.8 mm to 57.3 mm and weight from 25 g to 34 g (Willis et al 1990, Gardner 2008a, Zortéa 2007, V. caracci oli being smaller than V. major (Velazco and Simmons 2011).…”

“…Considering the variation on body size observed within the family Phyllostomidae, both species are considered as medium-sized bats, with forearm length ranging between NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 46.8 mm to 57.3 mm and weight from 25 g to 34 g (Willis et al 1990, Gardner 2008a, Zortéa 2007, V. caracci oli being smaller than V. major (Velazco and Simmons 2011). The genus shows 4 facial stripes well pronounced and 1 on the dorsal region, extending from the top of the head until the uropatagium base (Zortéa 2007, Peracchi et al 2012.…”

First report of Artibeus bogotensis Andersen, 1906 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) for Peru

“…We took 17 measurements based on Velazco and Simmons (2011) that are shown in Table 1. These variables are: forearm length (FA); greatest length of skull (GLS); condyloincisive length (CIL); condylocanine length (CCL); braincase breadth (BB); zygomatic breadth (ZB); postorbital breadth (PB); palatal width at canines (C-C); mastoid breadth (MB); Palate length (PL); maxillary toothrow length (MTRL); molariform toothrow length (MLTRL); width of skull at M1 (M1-M1); width of skull at M2 (M2-M2); dentary length (DENL); mandibular toothrow length (MANDL); and coronoid height (COH).…”