Diversity and distribution of the Myotis nattereri complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Middle East: filling the gaps ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Myotis nattereri represents a species complex that recently underwent taxonomic changes. Based on morphological evidence, two species were regarded to occur in the western Palaearctic; M. nattereri in Europe, Maghreb, Middle East, and Turkmenistan,...
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Zenodo
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13415748 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13415748 |
| Summary: | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Myotis nattereri represents a species complex that recently underwent taxonomic changes. Based on morphological evidence, two species were regarded to occur in the western Palaearctic; M. nattereri in Europe, Maghreb, Middle East, and Turkmenistan, and M. schaubi limited to Armenia and north-western Iran. Within M. nattereri sensu lato, several cryptic species were recently revealed using the morphological and molecular genetic approaches (M. escalerai, M. zenatius, M. crypticus, M. tschuliensis, M. hoveli), restricting M. nattereri s.str. to the temperate zone of Europe and the Balkans. Our aim was to complement the knowledge of diversity and distribution of the M. nattereri complex in the Middle East with help of molecular genetic (mitochondrial ND1 gene) and morphometric analyses. In this region, four genetic lineages of the complex belonging to two clades and three primarily size-defined morphotypes were confirmed in accordance with the previous studies. ... |
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