Update on the distribution of Peropteryx leucoptera Peters, 1867 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Emballonuridae): First record for the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

Abstract

Three female specimens of Peropteryx leucoptera were collected in the Refúgio da Vida Silvestre Mata do Junco, a fragment of Atlantic Forest located in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. These specimens represent the first record of the species for Sergipe, increasing to 44 the number of bat species recorded in this state. A summary of locality records for P. leucoptera indicates a disjunct distributional pattern for this species, with the majority of the records concentrated in the northern South America and a separate population in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil.

Rapid surveys as a key tool for the inventory of the bat fauna of Brazil: New records for the coastal restinga

“…With the new records presented here, the total number of bat species known to occur in the restinga has increased to 41, and the number of genera to 28 genera (including Saccopteryx and Molossops). The records of Molossops temminckii and Eptesicus brasiliensis also increase the number of bat species known to occur in the state of Sergipe to 50 (Mikalauskas, 2005;Mikalauskas et al, 2006Mikalauskas et al, , 2011Mikalauskas et al, , 2014Ástua and Guerra, 2008;Feijó and Nunes, 2010;Rocha et al, 2010Rocha et al, , 2014aRocha et al, , 2014bRocha et al, , 2013Rocha et al, , 2015Donato et al, 2012;Brito and Bocchiglieri, 2012;Bocchiglieri et al, 2016;Souza et al, 2016;Bomfim et al, 2017).…”

Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Nísia Floresta National Forest, with new records for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil

“…The low number of records is possibly due to the foraging behavior of the genus Promops, whose species hunt insects in the open space high above the ground or canopy (Schnitzler & Kalko 2001), and are therefore rarely captured by mist-netting at the ground level. The species Peropteryx leucoptera is also poorly recorded in northeastern Brazil; it was observed in Sapé in the state of Paraíba (Feijó & Langguth 2011), in Itamaracá (Cruz et al 2002) and Formoso (Guerra 1980) in the state of Pernambuco, and in Capela in the state of Sergipe (Mikalauskas et al 2014). This species apparently has a disjunct geographic distribution, occurring throughout northern South America and separately in the coastal region of extreme northeastern Brazil (Mikalauskas et al 2014).…”

“…The species Peropteryx leucoptera is also poorly recorded in northeastern Brazil; it was observed in Sapé in the state of Paraíba (Feijó & Langguth 2011), in Itamaracá (Cruz et al 2002) and Formoso (Guerra 1980) in the state of Pernambuco, and in Capela in the state of Sergipe (Mikalauskas et al 2014). This species apparently has a disjunct geographic distribution, occurring throughout northern South America and separately in the coastal region of extreme northeastern Brazil (Mikalauskas et al 2014). Our record extends the distribution of Peropteryx leucoptera to 110 km north (from Sapé-PB) in the northeastern region of Brazil, corresponding to the northern limit the of distribution of this species in the Atlantic Forest biome.…”

Ectoparasitic Bat Flies (Diptera, Streblidae) of Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) From Mata Do Junco Wildlife Refuge, Sergipe, Northeastern Brazil

“…It is an area of rainforest with numerous clearings surrounded by an anthropogenic matrix dominated by sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) plantations (Mikalauskas et al 2011(Mikalauskas et al , 2014. The region's climate is semi-humid tropical (As), characterized by a rainy season in the austral winter and a dry season in the summer (Köppen 1936).…”