Title
New species of Scotophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Saharan Africa
Related Titles
Series:
Occasional papers / Museum of Texas Tech University, number 326
By
Brooks, Daniel M.
, author
Bickham, John W. (John Wayne), 1949-
, author
Texas Tech University. Museum,
Texas Tech University. Natural Science Research Laboratory.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Lubbock, TX, Museum of Texas Tech University, [2014]
Notes
Caption title.
"Texas Tech University, Natural Science Research Laboratory."
"26 June 2014."
A previous phylogenetic study of bats of the genus Scotophilus (house bats) showed deep subdivisions and paraphyletic relationships among populations of S. dinganii (four distinct clades) and S. viridis (two distinct clades). According to the genetic species concept, these clades may represent distinct species. Herein, we assess morphological differences of specimens of four clades representing hypothesized unrecognized species compared to specimens of nominate S. dinganii and S. viridis. Statistically significant morphological differences provided characters for accurate diagnosis of each clade. Therefore we recognize and formally describe four new species of sub-Saharan African Scotophilus (Scotophilus andrewreborii sp. nov., Scotophilus livingstonii sp. nov., Scotophilus ejetai sp. nov., and Scotophilus trujilloi sp. nov.).
Subjects
Africa, Sub-Saharan
,
Bats
,
Cladistic analysis
,
Phylogeny
,
Scotophilus
,
Vespertilionidae
Call Number
AS36 .T4955 no. 326
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
910514807
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q109807390
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