Patterson Bruce D, Demos Terrence C, Torrent Laura, Grunwald Amanda L, Montauban Cecilia, Kerbis Peterhans Julian C, McDonough Molly M, Dick Carl W, Bartonjo Michael, Schoeman M Corrie, Ruedas Luis A, Juste Javier
Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, United States.
CIBIO-InBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
J Mammal. 2024 Sep 13;106(1):187-201. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae085. eCollection 2025 Feb.
Roughly a third of all horseshoe bat species (Rhinolophidae: ) are found in Africa, where a recent continent-wide genetic survey suggested the presence of both undescribed and apparently invalid species. Here, we focus on the species complex and the recent elevation of Peters, 1852, to species rank. That action created ambiguity in the taxonomy of East African members of the group-are both Martin, 1838, and sympatric in East Africa or is another, unnamed species present there? Here, we refine genetic, morphological, and behavioral characterizations of and its erstwhile synonyms with samples from the vicinity of their type localities. The distribution of appears to be limited to Central and West Africa; existing genetic records attributed to this species from Mali clearly represent another taxon. We marshal genetic evidence for the species-level distinction of Thomas, 1904, from Sudan, which was previously considered a synonym of . We reject J. A. Allen, 1917, as a synonym of the complex, provisionally regarding it as a valid member of the species group. Finally, we demonstrate that East Africa is home to a fourth species of the complex that is named herein. Final resolution of the systematics of this species complex awaits expanded characterizations (especially of genetics, vocalizations, and noseleaves) and studies of variation in regions of contact.
大约三分之一的菊头蝠科物种分布在非洲，最近一项全大陆范围的基因调查表明，非洲存在尚未描述以及明显无效的物种。在此，我们聚焦于该物种复合体以及1852年彼得斯将其提升为独立物种这一事件。这一举动在该类群东非成员的分类学上造成了模糊性——1838年的马丁菊头蝠和[另一物种名称]在东非是同域分布，还是存在另一个未命名的物种？在此，我们利用来自模式产地附近的样本，对[目标物种名称]及其曾用同义词进行了基因、形态和行为特征的细化研究。[目标物种名称]的分布似乎局限于中非和西非；现有来自马里的归属于该物种的基因记录显然代表另一个分类单元。我们整理了基因证据，以区分1904年托马斯所描述的来自苏丹的物种，该物种此前被认为是[目标物种名称]的同义词。我们拒绝将1917年J. A. 艾伦所描述的[物种名称]作为该物种复合体的同义词，暂时将其视为该物种组中的一个有效成员。最后，我们证明东非存在该物种复合体的第四个物种，本文为其命名。该物种复合体系统学的最终定论有待更广泛的特征描述（尤其是基因、发声和鼻叶方面）以及接触区域变异研究。
