Synonymisation of Myotis aurascens with M. davidii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is Premature

• Дата: 2023
• Автор: Dzeverin , I.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023
• Теми: Myotis; Myotis aurascens; Myotis davidii; Myotis alticraniatus; taxonomy; nomenclature
• Онлайн доступ: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/434
• Назва журналу: Zoodiversity

Based on morphological and molecular data Benda et al. (2012) suggested that East European and West and East Asian steppe whiskered bat, Myotis aurascens Kusjakin, 1935, is conspecific to M. davidii (Peters, 1869) described from China. This hypothesis found considerable support and eventual...