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DOI | 10.1515/mammalia-2014-0024 |
Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) | |
Benda, Petr1,2; Andriollo, Tommy3; Ruedi, Manuel3 | |
通讯作者 | Benda, Petr |
来源期刊 | MAMMALIA
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ISSN | 0025-1461 |
EISSN | 1864-1547 |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 79期号:4页码:419-438 |
英文摘要 | Pipistrellus deserti is a small, pale-coloured bat occurring in the most arid parts of the Sahara, in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, and the Sudan, and marginally also in sub-Saharan Africa. Although most authors consider P. deserti as a full species, others regard it as a subspecies, or even as a junior synonym of Pipistrellus kuhlii. We analysed the topotype material of P. deserti from Libya using both morphologic and molecular characters, and compared them with samples from other Saharan countries and with P. kuhlii from around the Mediterranean. The Libyan samples of deserti are morphologically very similar to other populations from arid parts of North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Sudan), but differ markedly in the size of most skull dimensions when compared to P. kuhlii sampled in more mesic areas. However, phylogenetic reconstructions indicate that mitochondrial haplotypes of typical P. deserti from Libya and those from Morocco do not form a monophyletic group but are fully embedded within the larger radiation of P. kuhlii from Africa and Europe, rendering this species paraphyletic. Limited nuclear information (five microsatellite loci) also failed to provide evidence of significant differences between the two morphotypes, as pipistrelles are instead grouped by geographic origin. Altogether, these genetic data suggest that the morphological uniqueness of P. deserti may result from recent adaptations to arid habitats, rather than reflect a long independent evolutionary history. In the absence of more compelling evidence of barriers to gene flow, we therefore suggest Pipistrellus deserti to be considered a junior synonym of Vespertilio kuhlii (=P. kuhlii). |
英文关键词 | Africa cytochrome b microsatellites morphometry Sahara |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Czech Republic ; Switzerland |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000366835300005 |
WOS关键词 | CYTOCHROME-B SEQUENCES ; MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA ; MICROSATELLITE LOCI ; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS ; COMPLEX CHIROPTERA ; BAT MYOTIS ; MAMMALS ; PHYLOGENY ; EPTESICUS ; AMPLIFICATION |
WOS类目 | Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/189159 |
作者单位 | 1.Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Zool, Prague 11579 1, Czech Republic; 2.Charles Univ Prague, Fac Sci, Dept Zool, CR-12844 Prague 2, Czech Republic; 3.Museum Hist Nat, Dept Mammal & Ornithol, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Benda, Petr,Andriollo, Tommy,Ruedi, Manuel. Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)[J],2015,79(4):419-438. |
APA | Benda, Petr,Andriollo, Tommy,&Ruedi, Manuel.(2015).Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae).MAMMALIA,79(4),419-438. |
MLA | Benda, Petr,et al."Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)".MAMMALIA 79.4(2015):419-438. |
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