Laephotis Thomas 1901

Main Authors: Monadjem, Ara, Demos, Terrence C., Dalton, Desire L., Webala, Paul W., Musila, Simon, Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C., Patterson, Bruce D.
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author Monadjem, Ara
Demos, Terrence C.
Dalton, Desire L.
Webala, Paul W.
Musila, Simon
Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C.
Patterson, Bruce D.
title Laephotis Thomas 1901
publishDate 2020
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Laephotis
url https://zenodo.org/record/4681358
contents LAEPHOTIS THOMAS, 1901 Synonymy Vespertilio A. Smith, 1829 (part, not Linnaeus, 1758). Hypsugo Kolenati, 1860 (part, not Kolenati, 1856). Scotophilus Thomas, 1861 (part, not Leach, 1821). Vesperugo Dobson, 1878 (part, not Keyserling & Blasius, 1839). Vesperus Jentink, 1887 (part, not Keyserling & Blasius, 1839). Eptesicus Matschie, 1897 (part, not Rafinesque,1820). Scabrifer G.M. Allen, 1908. Rhinopterus G.M. Allen, 1939 (part, not Miller, 1906). Pipistrellus Heller & Volleth, 1984 (part, not Kaup, 1829). Nycterikaupius (part, not Menu, 1987). Neoromicia Volleth et al., 2001 (part, not Roberts, 1926). Complete synonymic histories for the species of Laephotis are given in the African Chiroptera report (AfricanBats NPC, 2019). Description: This genus was originally created for the species Laephotis wintoni Thomas, 1901, with the name referring to the large ‘sail-like’ ears of that species. A second, closely related species with large ears was described a quarter of a century later, Lae. angolensis Monard 1935, and two more species by Setzer in 1971: Lae. botswanae and Lae. namibensis. The baculum (1.5–2.0 mm in length) of Laephotis as defined herein is shorter than in Pseudoromicia and similar in length to that of Neoromicia and Afronycteris. It has a characteristic shape, with a bilobed base, straight shaft and a spatulate tip that is at an angle of ~45° to the shaft (Fig. 5A). Based on our genetic and morphometric analyses presented above, we have expanded further this genus to include the following species: Lae. capensis (A. Smith, 1829), Lae. matroka (Thomas & Schwann, 1905), Lae. robertsi (Goodman et al., 2012), Lae. malagasyensis (Peterson et al., 1995) and Lae. stanleyi (Goodman et al., 2017). Laephotis is readily distinguished by its bacular morphology (Hill & Harrison, 1987). It is easily separated from Afronycteris based on external features (for details, see the account of Afronycteris). This genus may also be distinguished from Neoromicia by its larger size. Furthermore, the cranium is more robust in Laephotis and obviously flattened compared with Neoromicia and Pseudoromicia. Laephotis also lacks the white wings of Pseudoromicia and is mostly associated with arid savannas and grasslands. Of the nine species that we recognize in this genus, all except the one we describe here are restricted to eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar, and none is associated with rainforests of tropical Africa.
Published as part of Monadjem, Ara, Demos, Terrence C., Dalton, Desire L., Webala, Paul W., Musila, Simon, Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C. & Patterson, Bruce D., 2021, A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species, pp. 1114-1146 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 191 (4) on pages 1127-1128, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087
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