Molecular systematics and biogeography of the bent-wing bat complex Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Appleton, Belinda; McKenzie, John A.; Christidis, Les

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.017

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“…The average within and between clade genetic distance was calculated using Excel 2008. The values obtained were comparable with previous studies reporting taxonomic inferences on miniopterid bat species based on K2P genetic distances (Appleton et al 2004;Goodman et al 2007Goodman et al , 2008Juste et al 2007;Weyeneth et al 2008).…”

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A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters

Monadjem

Stanley

Appleton

2013

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Resolving species limits within the genus Miniopterus has traditionally been complicated by the presence of cryptic species with overlapping morphological features. We use molecular techniques, cranio-dental characters and tragus shape to describe a new species of Miniopterus from Mozambique, M. mossambicus. Miniopterus mossambicus shows > 12% divergence in cytochrome-b sequence from its nearest congeners (the Malagasy M. gleni and M. griveaudi) and > 15% divergence from the morphologically similar M. natalensis, M. fraterculus and M. minor (all of which occur in southern and eastern Africa). There is considerable overlap in cranio-dental characters of the southern African species, particularly M. natalensis and M. mossambicus. However, tragus shape and multivariate comparisons of skull measurements can be used to separate these species. Based on morphological comparisons of museum specimens, this species may also be present in neighbouring Malawi and Zimbabwe, suggesting that it is probably distributed widely in south-central Africa.Key words: taxonomy, morphometrics, molecular genetics, Miniopterus, Mozambique RésuméRésoudre les délimitations des espèces au sein du genre Miniopterus a toujours été compliqué à cause de la présence d'espèces cryptiques dont les caractéristiques morphologiques se chevauchent. Nous utilisons des techniques moléculaires, des caractères cranio-dentaires et la forme des tragus pour décrire une nouvelle espèce de Miniopterus venant du Mozambique, M. mossambicus. Les séquences de cytochrome-b de M. mossambicus montrent une divergence supérieure à 13% par rapport à ses plus proches congénères (les formes malgache M. gleni et M. griveaudi), et une divergence supérieure à 15% par rapport à M. natalensis, M. minor et M. fraterculus qui lui sont morphologiquement semblables (ces dernières sont distribuées dans le sud et l'est de l'Afrique). Il y a un chevauchement considérable des caractères cranio-dentaires des espèces du sud du continent africain, en particulier M. natalensis et M. mossambicus. Cependant, la forme du tragus et les comparaisons multivariées des mesures crâniennes peuvent être utilisées pour séparer ces espèces. Sur la base de la comparaison morphologique des spécimens muséologiques, cette espèce pourrait également être présente dans les pays voisins du Malawi et du Zimbabwe, ce qui suggère qu'elle est probablement largement distribuée en Afrique sud-centrale.

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A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters

Monadjem

Stanley

Appleton

2013

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“…1). This adds further support that European and sub-Saharan schreibersii represent at least two distinct species as suggested by a more comprehensive molecular analysis of that group made by Appleton et al (2004). This also supports the recent elevation of the Natal long-fingered bat, M. natalensis to full species rank (Simmons, In press).…”

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Phylogeny of AfricanMyotisBats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) Inferred from CytochromebSequences

Stadelmann

Jacobs

Schoeman

et al. 2004

Acta Chiropterologica

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“…fuliginosus'' (AY614735) was included as the outgroup. In agreement with other studies (Appleton et al, 2004;MillerButterworth et al, 2005MillerButterworth et al, , 2007, use of outgroup taxa from other miniopterid genera or from Asian Miniopterus did not alter the tree topology significantly (data not shown). Molecular analyses were conducted as previously described .…”

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“…This genus contains a considerable number of cryptic species across their Old World distribution (Cardinal and Christidis, 2000;Appleton et al, 2004;Stoffberg et al, 2004;Miller-Butterworth et al, 2005;Juste et al, 2007). Peterson et al (1995) recognized four taxa from Madagascar, two of which also occurred on the Comoros (M. manavi Thomas, 1906 and M. majori Thomas, 1906), one shared with Africa (M. fraterculus Thomas and Schwann, 1906), and the fourth endemic to the island (M. gleni Peterson et al, 1995).…”

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The Use of Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Tools to Identify Cryptic and Paraphyletic Species: Examples from the Diminutive Long-fingered Bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar

Maminirina¹,

Bradman²,

Christidis³

et al. 2009

American Museum Novitates

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Based on nearly complete (1125 bp) cytochrome-b sequence data and morphological characters, two new endemic species of Miniopterus are described from Madagascar that were previously identified as M. manavi. Using phylogenetic analysis, the basal nodes of major lineages in the Malagasy members of this genus are weakly supported, while, in most cases, the branches leading to each of the clades are well resolved. Miniopterus mahafaliensis, new species, occurs in the southwestern semidesert areas and M. brachytragos, new species, has a broad distribution across the northern half of the island, ranging across several different biomes. Phylogenetic inference indicates that these two new taxa are not closely related to M. manavi sensu stricto, with average genetic distances of 9.2% and 5.7% from this taxon, respectively. On the basis of this and previous revisions, the former M. manavi complex is now recognized to represent at least five taxa, which do not form a monophyletic group with respect to one another, and represent extraordinary examples of convergent evolution. Miniopterus brachytragos is closely related to the recently named M. aelleni, while M. mahafaliensis is not closely associated with any of these species. Molecular phylogenetic analysis was imperative to resolve the species limits of these taxa and morphology then provided the means to corroborate the recovered clades. There are localities on the island, specifically limestone karstic zones, where four species of the former M. manavi sensu lato complex occur in strict sympatry. These species often use the same day-roost caves and have similar external and craniodental measurements. This raises intriguing questions as to how these animals divide their worlds with regard to dietary regimes and foraging strategies, as well as their speciation history.

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Molecular systematics and biogeography of the bent-wing bat complex Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Cited by 74 publications

References 17 publications

A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters

A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters

Phylogeny of AfricanMyotisBats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) Inferred from CytochromebSequences

The Use of Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Tools to Identify Cryptic and Paraphyletic Species: Examples from the Diminutive Long-fingered Bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar

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