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A second record of <I>Myotis diminutus</I> (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): its bearing on the taxonomy of the species and discrimination from <I>M. nigricans</I>

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dc.contributor.author Moratelli, Ricardo en
dc.contributor.author Wilson, Don E. en
dc.date.accessioned 2015-04-20T15:15:24Z
dc.date.available 2015-04-20T15:15:24Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Moratelli, Ricardo and Wilson, Don E. 2015. "A second record of Myotis diminutus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): its bearing on the taxonomy of the species and discrimination from M. nigricans." <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</em>. 127 (4):533&ndash;542. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.533">https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.533</a> en
dc.identifier.issn 0006-324X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10088/25244
dc.description.abstract Abstract Myotis diminutus Moratelli &amp; Wilson, 2011a (Vespertilionidae, Myotinae) was known only from the holotype a subadult collected in a fragment of moist forest on the western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes in 1979. Based on recent work in museum collections, we discovered a second specimen of Myotis diminutus, collected in 1959. This specimen of Myotis diminutus comes from La Guayacana, Nariño, western Colombia ( 135 km north from the type locality); and M. nigricans (Schinz, 1821) also was collected at the same locality. This record confirms the distinctiveness of Myotis diminutus. This species is known from only the Chocó ecoregion, one of the critical biodiversity hotspots on Earth. We have no evidence of living individuals. In this report we also investigate the relationships among Myotis nigricans from eastern and western sides of the Andes. Our results confirm that populations from both sides of the Cordillera represent the same subspecies Myotis nigricans nigricans. , Resumen Myotis diminutus Moratelli &amp; Wilson, 2011a era conocido sólo del holotipo un subadulto coleccionado en un fragmento de bosque húmedo en la vertiente occidental de los Andes del Ecuador en 1979. Basado en un trabajo reciente en colecciones de museos, descubrimos un segundo ejemplar de Myotis diminutus, coleccionado en 1959 en La Guayacana, Nariño, Colombia ( 135 km al norte de la localidad tipo), la misma localidad donde individuos de M. nigricans (Schinz, 1821) fueron capturados. Este registro confirma el carácter distintivo de Myotis diminutus. Esta especie es conocida sólo de la ecoregión del Chocó, uno de los hotspots de biodiversidad más importantes del planeta. No hay evidencia de individuos vivos. Además, hemos analizado las relaciones entre poblaciones de Myotis nigricans de los diferentes lados de los Andes. Nuestros resultados confirman estas poblaciones como la misma subespecie Myotis nigricans nigricans. en
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington en
dc.title A second record of <I>Myotis diminutus</I> (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): its bearing on the taxonomy of the species and discrimination from <I>M. nigricans</I> en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.identifier.srbnumber 133448
dc.identifier.doi 10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.533
rft.jtitle Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
rft.volume 127
rft.issue 4
rft.spage 533
rft.epage 542
dc.description.SIUnit NH-Vertebrate Zoology en
dc.description.SIUnit NMNH en
dc.description.SIUnit Peer-reviewed en
dc.citation.spage 533
dc.citation.epage 542


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