Extraordinary Local Diversity of Disk-winged Bats (Thyropteridae: Thyroptera) in Northeastern Peru, with the Description of a New Species and Comments on Roosting Behavior
Author
Velazco, Paúl M.
Author
Gregorin, Renato
Author
Voss, Robert S.
Author
Simmons, Nancy B.
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American Museum Novitates
2014
2014-01-27
2014
3795
1
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3795.1
journal article
10.1206/3795.1
0003-0082
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KEY TO THE SPECIES Of
THYROPTERA
1. Disk at base of thumb clearly oval in outline (not round); ventral pelage bicolored or tricolored; both cusps of the second upper incisor perpendicularly arranged relative to the long axis of the toothrow…………….…………………………..………………..…………………2
1′. Disk at base of thumb nearly circular in outline; ventral pelage unicolored; both cusps on the second upper incisor obliquely arranged relative to the long axis of the tooth row..……………………………………………………………………………………………4
2. Forearm ≥ 35.0 mm; GLS ≥ 14.0 mm; ventral pelage bicolored; proximal portion of forearm sparsely haired; rostrum of equal length or longer than the braincase; accessory cusps on the third lower incisor absent or only faintly developed….……………………………….3
2′. Forearm ≤
34.5 mm
; GLS ≤
13.5 mm
; ventral pelage tricolored; proximal portion of the forearm densely haired; rostrum considerably shorter than the braincase; accessory cusps well developed on the third lower incisor…….…..…….……………..
Thyroptera wynneae
3. Ventral pelage distinctly frosted, individual hairs dark brown to blackish at the base with grayish-brown to whitish tips; calcar lacks lappets or only one faintly developed lappet is present; GLS ≤
15.1 mm
and ZB ≤
7.7 mm
……………..………………..
Thyroptera devivoi
3′. Ventral pelage bicolored, not distinctly frosted; calcar has one well-developed lappet that project posterolaterally from the shaft of the calcar; GLS ≥
15.2 mm
and ZB ≥ 8.0 mm… ……………….………………………………………………………………..
Thyroptera lavali
4. Ventral pelage unicolored white or pale gray; proximal portion of forearm sparsely haired; large foramen ovale (
0.50–0.65 mm
)…………………….………………
Thyroptera tricolor
4′. Ventral pelage unicolored yellowish-brown (not white); proximal portion of forearm densely haired; small foramen ovale (<
0.45 mm
)……………………..………
Thyroptera discifera