2019/10/05 by Rainer Hutterer, Jan Decher, Ara Monadjem +1 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Amphibian and Reptile Biology
paper · doi:10.3161/15081109acc2019.21.1.001
openalex publication_date 2019/10/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
We describe a new species of vespertilionid bat from Guinea and Liberia, West Africa. In this context we evaluate previously described taxa from West Africa assigned to Pipistrellus, Neoromicia, and Hypsugo. Based on genetics, morphology and ecology we conclude that the taxon Pipistrellus eisentrauti bellieri should be elevated to species level, and that the taxa bellieri, crassulus, eisentrauti plus the new species form a monophyletic clade for which a new genus name is proposed. The new genus occurs in forested regions south of the Sahara from Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia, from where further taxa remain to be described.