New records of Sturnira koopmanhilli (McCarthy, Albuja & Alberico, 2006) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from western and eastern Ecuador

By

Rodríguez-Segovia, Marco A.
Simba, Laura
Brito M., Jorge

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-3-19

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

21

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

304--311

Subjects

Chocó , Cloud forests , diastemata , Neotropics , procumbent , specialized species , Vulnerable species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.304

 

Abstract

Sturnira koopmanhilli (McCarthy, Albuja & Alberico, 2006) is a rare and vulnerable bat species dis‑ tributed mainly in the Chocó biogeographic region of Ecuador and Colombia. A field expedition in north‑western Ecuador collected two new voucher specimens and tissues. We sequenced the whole cyt-b gene to confirm the taxonomic identity of these specimens. Furthermore, we reviewed three natural history collections to find unreported specimens. The present study provides seven new records for S. koopmanhilli in Ecuador and expands this species’ occurrence to the eastern slopes of the Andes.