Rediscovery of Lonchophylla bokermanni Sazima, Vizotto and Taddei, 1978 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Lonchophyllinae) in Minas Gerais, and new records for Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

Abstract

We report the rediscovery of Lonchophylla bokermanni – a species threatened by extinction in Brazil – in Minas Gerais after 25 years (where it was known only from the type-locality), and add three new localities from Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. The external and craniodental measurements of the additional specimens fall within the expected range of values for L. bokermanni, although specimens from the Atlantic Rainforest (Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo) show a tendency to be smaller.

Range extension of Lonchophylla peracchii (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) to Northeastern Brazil

“…Thirteen species are currently recognized, five of them in Brazil Parlos et al 2014;Moratelli and Dias 2015). Lonchophylla mordax Thomas, 1903 occurs in the Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and ecotones of these two biomes in Northeastern Brazil (Moratelli and Dias 2015); L. dekeyseri Taddei, Vizotto & Sazima, 1983 occurs sparsely along the Caatinga and Cerrado of Midwestern and Northeastern Brazil, and Eastern Bolivia (Griffiths and Gardner 2008;Aguiar et al 2010;Leal et al 2013); L. bokermanni Sazima, Vizotto & Taddei, 1978 is endemic to the Cerrado of Southeastern Brazil, with records for three localities in Minas Gerais Nascimento et al 2013;Teixeira et al 2014a); L. inexpectata Moratelli & Dias, 2015 occurs in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil, with confirmed records from Pernambuco and Bahia (Moratelli and Dias 2015); and L. peracchii Dias, Esbérard & Moratelli, 2013 is currently restricted to Southeastern Brazil, with confirmed records from Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and São Paulo (Pimenta et al 2010;Nascimento et al 2013;Dias et al 2013;Teixeira et al 2013) (Figure 1; Table 1). …”

New records and a taxonomic review prompts reassessment ofLonchophylla bokermanni, a rare bat endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado

“…A recent review of L. bokermanni specimens (Dias et al, 2013), however, found sufficient differences between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest populations to warrant the treatment of the latter as a separate and new species, Lonchophylla peracchii Dias, Esbérard & Moratelli, 2013. At the same time, L. bokermanni was rediscovered in Minas Gerais, near its type locality, in Itambé do Mato Dentro (Nascimento et al, 2013) and the Diamantina region (Dias et al, 2013; Fig. 1).…”