“…A growing body of Solomon Islands-focused research has elucidated the value of this archipelago for understanding how island configurations and ontogenies, oceanic barriers, and intermittent land bridge formations can shape genetic and taxonomic diversities ( Brown et al, 2015 ; Hagen et al, 2012 ; Lavery et al, 2023 ; Manthey et al, 2020 ; Moyle et al, 2009 ; Pulvers & Colgan, 2007 ; Smith & Filardi, 2007 ; Toussaint et al, 2016 ). Here, we have further enriched this body of work with evidence for extensive paraphyly among Solomon Islands’ Hipposideros bats.…”