Molecular and morphological identification of Phylloderma stenops Peters, 1865 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) and new records for Colombia

By

Martínez-Cerón, Juan M.
Patiño-Castillo, Edilson
Carvalho-Madrigal, Sara
Díaz-Nieto, Juan F.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-1-18

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

37--44

Subjects

DNA barcode , ecogeographic distribution , Pale-faced Bat

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.1.37

 

Abstract

Based on revisionary work of recently collected material in Colombian museums we confirm the presence of Phylloderma stenops Peters, 1865 in 6 new localities for the country, including the first record of the species in the dry lowlands of the northern Caribbean coast, and the increase by more than 800 m of the elevational range of the species in Colombia. DNA-barcoding confirmed our morphological identification, and supported a paraphyletic composition of the cis-Andean populations. Our records exemplify the little knowledge on the ecogeographic distribution of this species and provide further evidence to consider this as a widespread but rare species.