A New Genus and Species of Vesper Bat from West Africa, with Notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
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Publication Date
10-5-2019
Publication Title
Acta Chiropterologica
Volume Number
21
Issue Number
1
Abstract
We describe a new species of vespertilionid bat from Guinea and Liberia, West Africa. In this context we evaluate previously described taxa from West Africa assigned to Pipistrellus, Neoromicia, and Hypsugo. Based on genetics, morphology and ecology we conclude that the taxon Pipistrellus eisentrauti bellieri should be elevated to species level, and that the taxa bellieri, crassulus, eisentrauti plus the new species form a monophyletic clade for which a new genus name is proposed. The new genus occurs in forested regions south of the Sahara from Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia, from where further taxa remain to be described.
Keywords
Bats, Phylogeny, Genetic variation, Biodiversity, Taxonomy
Document Type
Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.1.001
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Hutterer, Rainer; Decher, Jan; Monadjem, Ara; and Astrin, Jonas, "A New Genus and Species of Vesper Bat from West Africa, with Notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)" (2019). KIP Articles. 8583.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/8583
