Pipistrellus hesperidus
PIPISTRELLUS HESPERIDUS (TEMMINCK, 1840) Molecular genetics K2P distance within this lineage for animals obtained in dry forest habitats of western Madagascar was 0.001 ( N = 14, Table 1); hence, these populations show little genetic variation at the nucleotide level. No haplotype was shared in comm...
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10543049 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A1986E5A345114FF20FB9D16AA6A1B |
| Summary: | PIPISTRELLUS HESPERIDUS (TEMMINCK, 1840) Molecular genetics K2P distance within this lineage for animals obtained in dry forest habitats of western Madagascar was 0.001 ( N = 14, Table 1); hence, these populations show little genetic variation at the nucleotide level. No haplotype was shared in common between sequenced samples of P . hesperidus from South Africa (TM 47666) and Swaziland (TM 47738), as compared to those from Madagascar ( N = 28, Table 9). These lineages exhibited a divergence of 1.89% (K2P), reflecting 22 fixed mutations in the trimmed sequence. Haplotype diversity was reasonably high in the Malagasy population (Hd 0.744), in spite of a lower nucleotide diversity (Pi 0.00181), but these indices were not calculated for the African population due to limited sample size. Morphometrics Measurements presented in Table 2. Craniodental morphology Members of this genus are easily differentiated from known Malagasy members of the genus Neoromicia by the presence of five post-canine teeth as compared with four in the latter genus, which lacks a first upper premolar (P 3). Bates et al . (2006) noted that the upper canine (C 1) was not in contact with the second upper premolar (P 4). On the basis of specimens sequenced herein, this character holds, although in some cases these two teeth are almost in direct contact. Bioacoustics Measurements presented in Table 6. Bacular morphology As described by Bates et al . (2006) for Malagasy specimens of P . hesperidus , the baculum is relatively short (1.7–1.8 mm); here we add an additional four specimens that range in total length 1.60–2.10 mm (Table 8). The distal tip and proximal base show a bifid indentation, and the shaft is distinctly recurved (Fig. 8C). This is the same configuration found in African P . hesperidus (Fig. 8D; Kearney et al ., 2002), which ranges in total length from 1.7 to 2.5 mm (T. Kearney, unpublished data, N = 23). Known geographical range In Figure 1, localities are presented of sequenced specimens of P . hesperidus , which also include the ... |
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