The paucity of data for the molossid bat Otomops throughout its range has hindered our ability to resolve the number of Otomops species present within the Afro-Malagasy region (including the Arabian Peninsula). This paper employed an integrative approach by combining morphometric (cranial morphology) and molecular (mitochondrial cytochrome b and D-loop sequences, nuclear intron sequences and microsatellites) data to identify the number of Otomops taxa occurring in the Afro-Malagasy region. Three taxa were identified, two of which could be assigned to existing species, i.e. O. martiensseni and O. madagascariensis. The third taxon, previously recognised as O. martiensseni (Matschie 1897), is described herein as a new species, Otomops harrisoni sp. nov., and can be differentiated from O. martiensseni s.s. based on both molecular and morphometric data. Locality data of specimens belonging to O. harrisoni suggest that its distribution range extends from the Arabian Peninsula through to Eritrea and south to Ethiopia and Kenya.
Groves 2001 Grubb et al. 2003 Lawes et al. 2013 Kingdon 2013 Cercopithecus species Sections of C. mitis Sections of C. mitis Cluster of C. nictitans ALBOGULARIS ALBOGULARIS ALBOGULARIS ALBOGULARIS C. a. albotorquatus C. m. albotorquatus C. m. albotorquatus C. (n.) a. albotorquatus C. a. zammaranoi synonym of albotorquatus C. m. zammaranoi C. (n.) a. zammaranoi C. a. phylax synonym of albotorquatus synonym of albotorquatus synonym of albotorquatus C. a. kolbi C. m. kolbi C. m. kolbi C. (n.) a. kolbi C. a. albogularis C. m. albogularis C. m. albogularis C. (n.) a. albogularis C. a. kibonotensis synonym of albogularis synonym of albogularis synonym of albogularis C. a. monoides C. m. monoides C. m. monoides C. (n.) a. monoides C. a. erythrarchus C. m. erythrarchus C. m. erythrarchus C. (n.) a. erythrarchus C. a. schwarzi synonym of erythrarchus synonym of erythrarchus synonym of erythrarchus C. a. labiatus C. m. labiatus C. m. labiatus C. (n.) a. labiatus MOLONEYI C. a. francescae C. m. francescae C. m. francescae C. (n.) m. francescae C. a. moloneyi C. m. moloneyi C. m. moloneyi C. (n.) m. moloneyi MITIS HEYMANSI HEYMANSI OPISTHOSTICTUS C. m. heymansi C. m. heymansi C. m. heymansi C. (n.) o. heymansi MITIS MITIS C. m. opisthostictus C. m. opisthostictus C. m. opisthostictus C. (n.) o. opisthostictus MITIS C. m. mitis C. m. mitis C. m. mitis C. (n.) m. mitis C. (n.) m. maesi* BOUTOURLINII BOUTOURLINII STUHLMANNI C. m. boutourlinii C. m. boutourlinii C. m. boutourlinii C. (n.) s. boutourlinii STUHLMANNI STUHLMANNI C. m. stuhlmanni C. m. stuhlmanni C. m. stuhlmanni C. (n.) s. stuhlmanni C. m. elgonis synonym of stuhlmanni synonym of stuhlmanni synonym of stuhlmanni DOGGETTI C. m. schoutedeni C. m. schoutedeni C. m. schoutedeni C. (n.
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