A new species of Eumops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southwestern Peru

César E. Medina, Renato Gregorin, Horacio Zeballos, Hugo T. Zamora, Ligiane M. Moras

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The genus Eumops is the most diverse genera of molossid bats in the Neotropics. In Peru this genus is widely distributed and represented by nine species: E. auripendulus, E. delticus, E. hansae, E. maurus, E. nanus, E. patagonicus, E. perotis, E. trumbulli, and E. wilsoni. After several years of mammalian diversity surveys in the coastal desert and western slopes of southwestern Peru, a specimen of Eumops was collected whose unique set of traits allows us to assert that deserves to be described as a new species. Based on molecular and morphological evidence, the new species is related to mediumlarge sized species (i.e. E. glaucinus, E. auripendulus, and E. perotis). Cytochrome b genetic divergence between the new species and the other species of the genus was high (> 12%) and it is consistent with morphological divergence presented for this new species. This new species, endemic to Peru, increases the diversity of Eumops to 16 species.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)19-36
Número de páginas18
PublicaciónZootaxa
Volumen3878
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 22 oct. 2014
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