Hidden in our pockets: building of a DNA barcode library unveils the first record of Myotis alcathoe for Portugal

The advent and boom of DNA barcoding technologies have provided a powerful tool for the fields of ecology and systematics. Here, we present the InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: Portuguese Bats (Chiroptera) dataset containing DNA sequences of 63 specimens representing the 25 bat species currently...

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Published in:Biodiversity Data Journal
Main Authors: Rebelo, Hugo, Ferreira, Sónia, Amorim, Francisco, Horta, Pedro, Raposeira, Helena, Santos, Helena, Beja, Pedro, Mata, Vanessa
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
Subjects:
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionoidea
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis alcathoe
DNA barcoding
bats
museum collections
species identification
COI
Nyctalus noctula
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/3972515
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54479
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Summary:The advent and boom of DNA barcoding technologies have provided a powerful tool for the fields of ecology and systematics. Here, we present the InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: Portuguese Bats (Chiroptera) dataset containing DNA sequences of 63 specimens representing the 25 bat species currently known for continental Portugal. For that, we sequenced tissues samples obtained in a vast array of projects spanning the last two decades.We added four new Barcoding Index Numbers (BINs) to existing Chiroptera barcodes on BOLD, two belonging to Myotis escalerai, one to Plecotus auritus and the other to Rhinolophus hipposideros. Surprisingly, one of the samples initially identified in the field as Myotis mystacinus turned out to be Myotis alcathoe, which represents the first record of this species for Portugal. The presence of Nyctalus noctula in Portugal was also genetically confirmed for the first time. This case study shows the power and value of DNA barcoding initiatives to unravel new data that may be hidden on biological collections.

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