TY - JOUR
T1 - Hill Forest Dweller
T2 - A New Cryptic Species of Rhinolophus in the 'pusillus Group' (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Thailand and Lao PDR
AU - Soisook, Pipat
AU - Karapan, Sunate
AU - Srikrachang, Mattana
AU - Dejtaradol, Ariya
AU - Nualcharoen, Kwan
AU - Bumrungsri, Sara
AU - Oo, Sai Sein Lin
AU - Aung, Moe Moe
AU - Bates, Paul J.J.
AU - Harutyunyan, Margarita
AU - Buś, Magdalena M.
AU - Bogdanowicz, Wiesław
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - A new species of Rhinolophus in the pusillus group is described from Ratchaburi, Kamphaeng Phet and Loei Provinces where it was found in evergreen forest at elevations ranging from 550 to 1,320 m a.s.l. It is distinguished from R. shortridgei and other similar species in the same group by its broad, parallel-sided sella, which is squared-off at the tip, relatively large body size with a forearm length of 42.2-44.1 mm, and bulbous rostral swellings. The echolocation frequency from hand-held individuals is 84.1-93.0 kHz. Bayesian analyses of a 654 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (DNA barcode), and an 878 bp fragment of cytochrome b also support differences at the species level. Three specimens from Loaung Namtha, Lao PDR are referred to this new species based on DNA barcodes. Based on distinctive DNA barcodes and craniodental morphology, the taxon refulgens, is here regarded as a separate species from R. lepidus. Morphological comparisons between similar species are discussed and notes on ecology included.
AB - A new species of Rhinolophus in the pusillus group is described from Ratchaburi, Kamphaeng Phet and Loei Provinces where it was found in evergreen forest at elevations ranging from 550 to 1,320 m a.s.l. It is distinguished from R. shortridgei and other similar species in the same group by its broad, parallel-sided sella, which is squared-off at the tip, relatively large body size with a forearm length of 42.2-44.1 mm, and bulbous rostral swellings. The echolocation frequency from hand-held individuals is 84.1-93.0 kHz. Bayesian analyses of a 654 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (DNA barcode), and an 878 bp fragment of cytochrome b also support differences at the species level. Three specimens from Loaung Namtha, Lao PDR are referred to this new species based on DNA barcodes. Based on distinctive DNA barcodes and craniodental morphology, the taxon refulgens, is here regarded as a separate species from R. lepidus. Morphological comparisons between similar species are discussed and notes on ecology included.
KW - New species
KW - Rhinolophus
KW - Southeast Asia
KW - Thailand
KW - evergreen forest
KW - horseshoe bats
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84974555889&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.005
DO - 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84974555889
SN - 1508-1109
VL - 18
SP - 117
EP - 139
JO - Acta Chiropterologica
JF - Acta Chiropterologica
IS - 1
ER -