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Taxonomic revision of the genus Asellia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with a description of a new species from southern Arabia

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F11%3A%230002744" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/11:#0002744 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/150811011X624749" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/150811011X624749</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/150811011X624749" target="_blank" >10.3161/150811011X624749</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Taxonomic revision of the genus Asellia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with a description of a new species from southern Arabia

  • Original language description

    Two species are currently recognised within the genus Asellia, a typical inhabitant of arid areas of northern Africa and south-western Asia. Most of the distribution range of the genus is covered by Asellia tridens, while the other species, A. patrizii, is restricted to Ethiopia, Eritrea and several Red Sea islands. We analysed the morphological variation in an extensive set of Asellia samples covering the range of the genus, including most of the available type material. In a representative subset of samples, we employed molecular genetic analysis to infer the phylogenetic relationships within the broadly distributed A. tridens. Morphological comparisons revealed four distinct morphotypes. Except for the endemic A. patrizii, almost all African Asellia were found to belong to the same morphotype as most of the Middle Eastern specimens. This morphotype was unambiguously identified as A. tridens. Two other morphotypes of tentative A. tridens were further recognised based on skull shape differences; one in the southern Arabian region of Dhofar, the other in Socotra and Somalia. Phylogenetic analysis of complete sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene yielded three main monophyletic groups, which corresponded to the morphotypes revealed for A. tridens. Significant genetic divergences reaching over 5% and 12%, respectively, were discovered between them. Based on the morphological and molecular data obtained, we propose a split of the current A. tridens into three separate species: A. tridens in northern Africa and most of the Middle East, A. italosomalica in Socotra and Somalia, and Asellia sp. nov. in southern Arabia. Molecular dating, along with the available paleontological information and geological history of the Arabian Peninsula, supports an Arabian origin of the contemporary Asellia.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

  • CEP classification

    EG - Zoology

  • OECD FORD branch

Result continuities

  • Project

    <a href="/en/project/DE06P04OMG008" target="_blank" >DE06P04OMG008: Historical collections of vertebrates of the Department of Zoology, National Museum, Prague in the light of modern taxonomy: preparation of the revised catalogue</a><br>

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2011

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Acta Chiropterologica

  • ISSN

    1508-1109

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    13

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    2

  • Country of publishing house

    PL - POLAND

  • Number of pages

    26

  • Pages from-to

    245-270

  • UT code for WoS article

    000301008100002

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database