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

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

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

Original language description

Two species are currently recognised within the genus Asellia: A. tridens from northern Africa and southwestern Asia and A. patrizii, restricted to Ethiopia and Eritrea. We analysed morphological variation throughout the genus range and inferred mtDNA phylogeny of the broadly distributed A. tridens. Morphological comparisons revealed four morphotypes. Except for the endemic A. patrizii, all African and most of the Middle Eastern Asellia belonged to the same morphotype, identified as A. tridens. Two other A. tridens morphotypes were further delimited; one in the southern Arabia, the other in Socotra. MtDNA cytochrome b phylogeny showed three main clades, which corresponded to revealed morphotypes of A. tridens. Genetic divergences among them reached over 5% and 12%, respectively. We proposed a split of the current A. tridens into three separate species: A. tridens in Africa and most of the Middle East, A. italosomalica in Socotra and Somalia, and A. arabica sp. nov. in southern Arabia.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Acta Chiropterologica

ISSN

1508-1109

e-ISSN

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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

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