Görföl Tamás, Kruskop Sergei V, Tu Vuong Tan, Estók Péter, Son Nguyen Truong, Csorba Gábor
Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
J Mammal. 2020 May 19;101(2):331-348. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz202. Epub 2020 Feb 15.
Knowledge as to the taxonomic status of enigmatic bat species often is hindered by limited availability of specimens. This is particularly true for aerial-hawking bats that are difficult to catch. One such species, "" , was originally described in due to its long and slender wings, but subsequently transferred to , and most recently to , on the basis of morphology. Analysis of newly available material, which more than doubles the known specimens of this taxon, demonstrates that it is morphologically and genetically distinct from all other bat genera. We accordingly describe it as belonging to a new, monotypic genus. We provide a detailed description of its external and craniodental traits, measurements, and assessment of genetic relationships, including barcode sequences to facilitate its rapid identification in future. The new genus belongs to a group that includes the recently described , as well as , and its closest relative, . We also describe the echolocation calls emitted by members of the taxon in different situations, which may facilitate finding them in previously unsampled locations. Based on the new data, the species occurs from Nepal to North Vietnam and China, which suggests that it could be more widespread than previously thought.
关于神秘蝙蝠物种分类地位的认知常常因标本获取有限而受阻。对于难以捕获的空中捕食蝙蝠来说尤其如此。其中一个物种，“ ”，最初因其长而细长的翅膀于 年被描述，但随后基于形态学被转移到 ，最近又被转移到 。对新获得材料的分析表明，该分类单元的已知标本数量增加了一倍多，它在形态和基因上与所有其他蝙蝠属都不同。因此，我们将其描述为属于一个新的单型属。我们提供了其外部和颅齿特征、测量数据以及遗传关系评估的详细描述，包括条形码序列，以便于未来快速识别。这个新属属于一个类群，其中包括最近描述的 ，以及 及其最亲近的亲属 。我们还描述了该分类单元成员在不同情况下发出的回声定位叫声，这可能有助于在以前未采样的地点找到它们。根据新数据，该物种分布于尼泊尔至越南北部和中国，这表明它可能比以前认为的分布更广。
