Revision of Afro-Malagasy Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with the description of a new Afro-Arabion species

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dc.contributor.authorRalph, T.M.C.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, L.R.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, P.J.
dc.contributor.authorNapier, M.C.
dc.contributor.authorLamb, J.M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-26T11:58:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-20T15:19:32Z
dc.date.available2016-01-26T11:58:59Z
dc.date.available2021-08-20T15:19:32Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe paucity of data for the molossid bat Otomops throughout its range has hindered our ability to resolve the number of Otomops species present within the Afro-Malagasy region (including the Arabian Peninsula). This paper employed an integrative approach by combining morphometric (cranial morphology) and molecular (mitochondrial cytochrome b and D-loop sequences, nuclear intron sequences and microsatellites) data to identify the number of Otomops taxa occurring in the Afro-Malagasy region. Three taxa were identified, two of which could be assigned to existing species, i.e. O. martiensseni and O. madagascariensis. The third taxon, previously recognised as O. martiensseni (Matschie 1897), is described herein as a new species, Otomops harrisoni sp. nov., and can be differentiated from O. martiensseni s.s. based on both molecular and morphometric data. Locality data of specimens belonging to O. harrisoni suggest that its distribution range extends from the Arabian Peninsula through to Eritrea and south to Ethiopia and Kenya.en
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dc.identifier.citationRalph, T.M.C.; Richards, L.R.; Taylor, P.J.; Napier, M.C.; Lamb, J.M. (2015) Revision of Afro-Malagasy Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with the description of a new Afro-Arabion species. Zootaxa, 4057(1): 001-049en
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/111745
dc.publisherMagnolia Pressen
dc.subjectsystematicsen
dc.subjectmolecular geneticsen
dc.subjectmorphometricsen
dc.subjectecological niche modellingen
dc.subjectnortheastern Africaen
dc.titleRevision of Afro-Malagasy Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with the description of a new Afro-Arabion speciesen
dc.typeArticleen
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