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FIG. 1. Bayesian majority-rule consensus tree of the
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1220,1274,338,359]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">15.92</emphasis>
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<th box="[151,182,366,387]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">4.</th>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[197,335,366,387]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[197,224,366,387]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M.</emphasis>
cf.
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</taxonomicName>
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<td box="[767,821,366,387]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">10.03</td>
<td box="[880,934,366,387]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">8.37</td>
<td box="[993,1047,366,387]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">10.20</td>
<td box="[1107,1161,366,387]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">13.68</td>
<td box="[1220,1274,366,387]" gridcol="9" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1220,1274,366,387]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">14.27</emphasis>
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<td box="[1334,1388,366,387]" gridcol="10" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">8.81</td>
</tr>
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<th box="[151,182,395,416]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">5.</th>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[197,304,395,416]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[197,304,395,416]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td box="[880,934,395,416]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">8.49</td>
<td box="[993,1047,395,416]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">8.57</td>
<td box="[1107,1161,395,416]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">12.92</td>
<td box="[1220,1274,395,416]" gridcol="9" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1220,1274,395,416]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">14.33</emphasis>
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<td box="[1334,1388,395,416]" gridcol="10" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">8.05</td>
</tr>
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<th box="[151,182,423,444]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">6.</th>
<td box="[197,390,423,444]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas &amp; Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" box="[197,328,423,444]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="medius">
<emphasis box="[197,224,423,444]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M.</emphasis>
cf.
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</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td box="[880,934,423,444]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="6"></td>
<td box="[993,1047,423,444]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">9.09</td>
<td box="[1107,1161,423,444]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">15.49</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1220,1274,423,444]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">15.58</emphasis>
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<td box="[1334,1388,423,444]" gridcol="10" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">4.85</td>
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<th box="[151,182,451,472]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">7.</th>
<td box="[197,390,451,472]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas &amp; Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" box="[197,297,451,472]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="medius">
<emphasis box="[197,297,451,472]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. medius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td box="[1107,1161,451,472]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">14.99</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1220,1274,451,472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">14.74</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1334,1388,451,472]" gridcol="10" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">8.87</td>
</tr>
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<th box="[151,182,479,500]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">8.</th>
<td box="[197,390,479,500]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[197,334,479,500]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[197,334,479,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td box="[1107,1161,479,500]" gridcol="8" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="6"></td>
<td box="[1220,1274,479,500]" gridcol="9" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1232,1274,479,500]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">9.27</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1334,1388,479,500]" gridcol="10" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">14.10</td>
</tr>
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<th box="[151,182,508,529]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">9.</th>
<td box="[197,390,508,529]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[197,308,508,529]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[197,308,508,529]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[314,390,508,529]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<td box="[1334,1388,508,529]" gridcol="10" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">14.05</td>
</tr>
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<th box="[151,182,536,557]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">10.</th>
<td box="[197,390,536,557]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Tomes" authorityYear="1858" box="[197,313,536,557]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis box="[197,313,536,557]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td box="[1334,1388,536,557]" gridcol="10" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="6"></td>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
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(field no. TK0122), collected by
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and Mathisha Karunarathne on
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. An adult female preserved in 70% alcohol and deposited at
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of
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<emphasis box="[151,302,1002,1028]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Type locality</emphasis>
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, near Idulgashinna railway station (
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6.779131
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,
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80.896704
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;
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</quantity>
a.s.l.
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and Supplementary
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Fig.
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2
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), at an edge of Dunkanda division of
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tea plantation in the
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,
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,
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was collected in a
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set in front of the cave entrance
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.
</paragraph>
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specimens
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on
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<collectingDate box="[467,661,1407,1433]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="2019-01-29">29 January 2019</collectingDate>
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(
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). These
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are currently preserved in 70% alcohol at
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of
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. Tongue muscle of
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<paragraph blockId="6.[809,1421,1351,1457]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
TABLE 2. Eigenvector loadings for the first two components of the principal component analysis of log-transformed cranial and dental measurements of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1198,1318,1408,1429]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1198,1318,1408,1429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1333,1418,1408,1429]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[809,946,1436,1457]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[809,946,1436,1457]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[959,1084,1436,1457]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[959,1084,1436,1457]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[1132,1239,1436,1457]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">M. pusillus</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<table box="[809,1392,1487,1968]" gridcols="3" gridrows="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<tr box="[809,1392,1487,1508]" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<th box="[809,1205,1487,1508]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Character</th>
<th box="[1235,1289,1487,1508]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">PC1</th>
<th box="[1329,1392,1487,1508]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">PC2</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[809,1392,1522,1939]" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<th box="[809,1205,1522,1939]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">GSKL CIL ZYW POB MAW BCW LW ML CC M3M3 CM3 I1M3 i1m3 MOLS mols</th>
<td box="[1235,1289,1522,1939]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">0.217 0.233 0.236 0.168 0.173 0.135 0.357 0.288 0.294 0.308 0.289 0.284 0.262 0.283 0.250</td>
<td box="[1329,1392,1522,1939]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">-0.040 0.099 0.130 0.154 -0.105 0.103 -0.750 0.122 0.466 0.073 0.120 -0.022 -0.137 0.230 -0.211</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[809,1392,1947,1968]" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<th box="[809,1205,1947,1968]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Cumulative total variation explained (%)</th>
<td box="[1235,1289,1947,1968]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">88.8</td>
<td box="[1329,1392,1947,1968]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">92.1</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,382,1643,1669]" box="[151,382,1643,1669]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<heading box="[151,382,1643,1669]" fontSize="36" level="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" reason="6">
<emphasis box="[151,382,1643,1669]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Referred specimens</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,1677,1973]" lastBlockId="8.[151,764,845,939]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">
<specimenCount box="[189,385,1677,1703]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" type="generic">Two specimens</specimenCount>
(
<specimenCode box="[411,578,1677,1703]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">NMSL 177C</specimenCode>
and
<collectionCode box="[658,763,1677,1703]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">NWRTC</collectionCode>
TK156) were collected from mid-elevations in
<collectingRegion box="[151,345,1745,1771]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Kegalle District</collectingRegion>
of Central
<collectingCountry box="[499,621,1745,1771]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
(a cave in Sandaraja forest,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBD81636DBFE61F8AF" box="[354,465,1778,1804]" country="Sri Lanka" municipality="Sandaraja" name="Doteloya" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Doteloya</location>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBD8AD36DBFDEBF8AF" box="[473,603,1778,1804]" country="Sri Lanka" municipality="Sandaraja" name="Aranayaka" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Aranayaka</location>
, Sri Lanka on
<date box="[151,361,1812,1838]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="2019-01-02">
<collectingDate box="[151,361,1812,1838]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="2019-01-02">02 January 2019</collectingDate>
</date>
). These two specimens have not been sequenced for
<emphasis box="[413,464,1846,1872]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">COI</emphasis>
gene, but one (
<collectionCode box="[681,764,1846,1872]" country="Sri Lanka" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/9670-f832" name="National Museum of Sri Lanka" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">NMSL</collectionCode>
177C) has been sequenced for the mitochondrial 16S gene and was determined to be the same species (
<collectionCode box="[160,180,1947,1973]" name="Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">T</collectionCode>
. Kusuminda, A. Mannakkara, K. D. B. Ukuwela,
<collectorName box="[809,1014,629,655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. Karunarathna</collectorName>
,
<collectorName box="[1028,1213,629,655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">B. D. Patterson</collectorName>
, and
<collectorName box="[1278,1417,629,655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">W. B. Yapa</collectorName>
,
<collectorName box="[809,833,663,689]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">In</collectorName>
litt.). Moreover, these
<specimenCount box="[1099,1271,663,689]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
are morphologically identifiable as
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1117,1261,696,722]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1117,1261,696,722]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1277,1376,696,722]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by LDA. A biopsy punch was obtained from a
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
captured and released (field no. TK0064) near the
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDAE83334FC32FCFA" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="Tea Research Institute in Nuwara Eliya District" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Talawakele">Tea Research Institute in Nuwara Eliya District</location>
(
<collectingRegion box="[924,1063,831,857]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Talawakele</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry box="[1086,1212,831,857]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
on
<date pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="2018-10-02">
<collectingDate pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="2018-10-02">02 October 2018</collectingDate>
</date>
). This individuals
<emphasis box="[1115,1166,864,890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">COI</emphasis>
sequence (GenBank no.
<specimenCode box="[856,985,898,924]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">OL688877</specimenCode>
) was 98% similar to the holotypes sequence, hence it was identified as
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1243,1379,932,958]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1243,1379,932,958]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="6" pageNumber="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
Another
<specimenCount box="[1001,1211,965,991]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
(
<specimenCode box="[1240,1416,965,991]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">NMSL 177D</specimenCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[809,913,999,1025]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">NWRTC</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[926,1008,999,1025]" collectionCode="NWRTC" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">TK117</specimenCode>
and
<specimenCode box="[1078,1284,999,1025]" collectionCode="HZM" country="Croatia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/wyia-rmhq" name="Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">HZM 263.29194</specimenCode>
) were collected from
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDAC33421FB33FB81" box="[951,1155,1032,1058]" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="Wavulgalge cave" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Talawakele">Wavulgalge cave</location>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDDFA3421FABDFB81" box="[1166,1293,1032,1058]" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="Nikapitiya" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Talawakele">Nikapitiya</location>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDC6D3421FA3EFB81" box="[1305,1422,1032,1058]" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="Wellwaya" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Talawakele">Wellwaya</location>
(
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDA453403FB91FBE7" box="[817,1057,1066,1092]" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="Moneragala District" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Talawakele">Moneragala District</location>
of
<collectingCountry box="[1102,1221,1066,1092]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
) and
<specimenCount pageId="6" pageNumber="6" type="generic">four specimens</specimenCount>
(
<specimenCode box="[903,1077,1100,1126]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">NMSL 177E</specimenCode>
,
<specimenCode box="[1105,1328,1100,1126]" collectionCode="HZM" country="Croatia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/wyia-rmhq" name="Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">HZM 260.27644</specimenCode>
,
<specimenCode collectionCode="HZM" country="Croatia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/wyia-rmhq" name="Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">HZM 261.27645</specimenCode>
and
<specimenCode box="[1009,1218,1133,1159]" collectionCode="HZM" country="Croatia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/wyia-rmhq" name="Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">HZM 262.29137</specimenCode>
) were collected from
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDA0C34A6FBE1FB0A" box="[888,1105,1167,1193]" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="Wavulpane cave" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Ratnapura District">Wavulpane cave</location>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDD1E34A6FB40FB0A" box="[1130,1264,1167,1193]" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="Pallebedda" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Ratnapura District">Pallebedda</location>
(
<collectingRegion pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Ratnapura District</collectingRegion>
of
<collectingCountry box="[939,1061,1200,1226]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
).
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A4234EFFDBDD4C3499FBCEFB69" box="[1080,1150,1200,1226]" country="Sri Lanka" county="Western" municipality="Likewise" name="These" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">These</location>
<specimenCount box="[1159,1357,1200,1226]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" type="generic">seven specimens</specimenCount>
have not been sequenced but morphological similarities and LDA assignments provisionally assign them to
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,292,946,972]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,292,946,972]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[305,401,946,972]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<collectingMunicipality box="[413,524,946,972]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">Likewise</collectingMunicipality>
,
<specimenCount box="[541,705,946,972]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" type="generic">18 specimens</specimenCount>
collected from
<collectingCounty box="[297,392,979,1005]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">Western</collectingCounty>
<collectingCountry box="[402,462,979,1005]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">India</collectingCountry>
(
<specimenCode box="[480,685,979,1005]" collectionCode="HZM" country="Croatia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/wyia-rmhq" name="Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">
<collectionCode box="[480,547,979,1005]" collectionName="HZM" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">HZM</collectionCode>
258.25669
</specimenCode>
,
<specimenCode collectionCode="HZM" country="Croatia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/wyia-rmhq" name="Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">
<collectionCode box="[698,763,979,1005]" collectionName="HZM" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">HZM</collectionCode>
254.25009
</specimenCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[302,392,1013,1039]" collectionName="Hungary, Budapest, Hungarian Natural History Museum" country="Hungary" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34991" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34991" name="Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">HNHM</collectionCode>
92.156.1
<collectionCode box="[527,618,1013,1039]" collectionName="Hungary, Budapest, Hungarian Natural History Museum" country="Hungary" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34991" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34991" name="Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">HNHM</collectionCode>
92.124.16) have not been sequenced but were identified morphologically as
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1042,1177,946,972]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1042,1177,946,972]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1184,1275,946,972]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
using LDA; they were obtained from the same colony where a genotyped individual for
<emphasis box="[1132,1183,1013,1039]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">COI</emphasis>
gene (GenBank no.
<accessionNumber box="[809,944,1047,1073]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">
<collectionCode box="[809,857,1047,1073]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">MG</collectionCode>
821206
</accessionNumber>
<collectorName box="[991,1164,1047,1073]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">C. Srinivasulu</collectorName>
,
<collectorName box="[1177,1350,1047,1073]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">B. Srinivasulu</collectorName>
,
<collectorName lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">T. A. Shah</collectorName>
, and
<collectorName box="[277,431,845,871]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">G. Devender</collectorName>
, unpublished data) was collected, i.e.
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B:8EAFE3A42340FFD5D85B3346FE5CFC2A" box="[303,492,879,905]" country="India" municipality="Mahabaleswar" name="Robbers' Cave" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" stateProvince="Maharashtra">Robbers Cave</location>
, near
<collectingMunicipality box="[584,759,879,905]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Mahabaleswar</collectingMunicipality>
,
<collectingRegion box="[151,301,913,939]" country="India" name="Maharashtra" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Maharashtra</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry box="[313,373,913,939]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">India</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation box="[390,462,913,939]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[151,164,1894,1915]" captionTargetBox="[151,1421,1156,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-208@7.[151,1421,1155,1877]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 3. Map of South and Southeast Asia showing sampling localities of M. phillipsi sp. nov. and Miniopterus specimens of mainland Asia mentioned in this study with biomes of ecoregions (Dinerstein et al., 2017). Type locality of M. phillipsi sp. nov. is marked by a black star" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859630" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859630/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859628" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7859628" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859628/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" startId="7.[151,164,772,793]" targetBox="[169,1403,176,755]" targetPageId="7" targetType="figure">
<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1422,772,878]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">
FIG. 2. Plot of the first two components of a principal component (PC) analysis for craniodental measurements of the
<taxonomicName pageId="7" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis box="[1304,1421,772,793]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">Miniopterus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in India and Sri Lanka (
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[469,582,800,821]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philipsii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[469,582,800,821]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. philipsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[590,667,800,821]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
— blue circle;
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<emphasis box="[824,963,800,821]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
— green circle;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[1134,1260,800,821]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[1134,1260,800,821]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
— black circle;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[151,261,828,849]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[151,261,828,849]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
— purple circle). Arrow points to holotype. See Table 2 for the variables used in this analysis and the loadings on
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1422,772,878]" box="[721,851,857,878]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">PC1 and PC2</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859630" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7859630" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859630/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" startId="7.[151,164,1894,1915]" targetBox="[151,1421,1156,1877]" targetPageId="7" targetType="figure">
<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1421,1894,1972]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">
FIG. 3. Map of South and Southeast Asia showing sampling localities of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[842,953,1894,1915]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[842,953,1894,1915]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[958,1033,1894,1915]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" box="[1078,1195,1894,1915]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1078,1195,1894,1915]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens of mainland Asia mentioned in this study with biomes of ecoregions (
<bibRefCitation author="DINERSTEIN, E. &amp; D. OLSON &amp; A. JOSHI &amp; C. VYNNE &amp; N. D. BURGESS &amp; E. WIKRAMANAYAKE &amp; N. HAHN &amp; S. PALMINTERI &amp; P. HEDAO &amp; R. NOSS" box="[715,940,1923,1944]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" pagination="534 - 545" refId="ref11479" refString="DINERSTEIN, E., D. OLSON, A. JOSHI, C. VYNNE, N. D. BURGESS, E. WIKRAMANAYAKE, N. HAHN, S. PALMINTERI, P. HEDAO, R. NOSS, et al. 2017. An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm. BioScience, 67: 534 - 545." type="journal article" year="2017">
Dinerstein
<emphasis box="[825,869,1923,1944]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">et al</emphasis>
., 2017
</bibRefCitation>
). Type locality of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1121,1234,1923,1944]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1121,1234,1923,1944]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1242,1318,1923,1944]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is marked
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1421,1894,1972]" box="[716,857,1951,1972]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">by a black star</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[151,746,750,771]" box="[151,746,750,771]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
FIG. 4. Portrait of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[326,437,750,771]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[326,437,750,771]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[444,519,750,771]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
NMSL 2021.03.02.NH
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="8" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="8.[151,276,981,1007]" box="[151,276,981,1007]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<heading box="[151,276,981,1007]" fontSize="36" level="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" reason="6">
<emphasis box="[151,276,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Etymology</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="8.[151,764,1015,1278]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
This species is named after W. W. A. Phillips (William Watt Addison Phillips, 18921981) in recognition of his immense contributions to studies on the mammals of
<collectingCountry box="[420,544,1116,1142]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
and South Asia. Phillips was born and grew up in
<collectingCountry box="[573,671,1150,1176]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">England</collectingCountry>
and he was a nature lover since his childhood. He was a tea planter by profession and came to
<collectingCountry box="[566,651,1218,1244]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
(now
<collectingCountry name="Sri Lanka" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
) in 1911.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="8.[809,928,175,201]" box="[809,928,175,201]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<heading box="[809,928,175,201]" fontSize="36" level="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" reason="6">
<emphasis box="[809,928,175,201]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Diagnosis</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="8.[809,1422,208,1278]" lastBlockId="9.[151,764,175,506]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[847,1094,208,234]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[847,1094,208,234]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Miniopterus phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1102,1193,208,234]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is distinguished by its intermediate size from both smaller and larger congeners in
<collectingCountry box="[978,1038,276,302]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[1108,1233,276,302]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[1251,1387,276,302]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[1251,1387,276,302]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is much smaller than
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1035,1171,309,335]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1035,1171,309,335]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1179,1270,309,335]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in the external measurements TIB (&lt;
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), FA (&lt;
<quantity box="[1319,1408,343,369]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="43.0">43 mm</quantity>
), d
<quantity box="[824,862,377,403]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="m" value="3.0">3m</quantity>
(&lt;
<quantity box="[928,1028,377,403]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="40.0">40 mm</quantity>
), d
<quantity box="[1076,1114,377,403]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="m" value="4.0">4m</quantity>
(&lt;
<quantity box="[1180,1278,377,403]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="38.0">38 mm</quantity>
) and d
<quantity box="[1383,1421,377,403]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="m" value="5.0">5m</quantity>
(&lt;
<quantity box="[844,930,410,436]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="36.0">36 mm</quantity>
) and in skull length (GSKL &lt;
<quantity box="[1298,1409,410,436]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.47" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="14.7">14.7 mm</quantity>
).
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[809,946,444,470]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[809,946,444,470]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[956,1049,444,470]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is distinguished from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the latters larger external measurements (HB&gt;
<quantity box="[899,987,511,537]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="56.0">56 mm</quantity>
and d
<quantity box="[1067,1105,511,537]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="m" value="3.0">3m</quantity>
&gt;
<quantity box="[1144,1233,511,537]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="46.0">46 mm</quantity>
) and skull size (GLSK&gt;
<quantity box="[937,1046,545,571]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.64" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="16.4">16.4 mm</quantity>
<tableCitation box="[1100,1203,545,571]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="8.[151,164,1355,1376]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="TABLE 3. External measurements (mm) and mass (g) of M. phillipsi sp. nov. from Idulgashinna, Sri Lanka. Measurements presented as 0 ± SD, range, and sample size n. Measurements of the holotype, paratypes and other individuals of the new species and other species of Miniopterus occurring in India and Sri Lanka are shown for comparative purposes. Measurements of M. phillipsi sp. nov. types were taken by TK, while the other specimens by an assortment of different authors" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" tableUuid="DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16">Tables 3</tableCitation>
and 4). The new species is generally smaller than
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[1215,1387,579,605]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[1215,1387,579,605]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in both external and cranial dimensions, although there is slight overlap (
<figureCitation box="[1026,1144,646,672]" captionStart-0="FIG" captionStart-1="FIG" captionStart-2="FIG" captionStartId-0="11.[151,164,1921,1942]" captionStartId-1="12.[151,164,945,966]" captionStartId-2="12.[151,164,1921,1942]" captionTargetBox-0="[242,1334,1204,1901]" captionTargetBox-1="[261,1310,174,925]" captionTargetBox-2="[273,1299,1254,1902]" captionTargetId-0="figure-498@11.[242,1334,1202,1903]" captionTargetId-1="figure-76@12.[261,1310,172,927]" captionTargetId-2="figure-131@12.[273,1299,1253,1903]" captionTargetPageId-0="11" captionTargetPageId-1="12" captionTargetPageId-2="12" captionText-0="FIG. 5. Dorsal aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)" captionText-1="FIG. 6. Lateral aspect of cranium and mandible of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka.A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)" captionText-2="FIG. 7. Ventral aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)" figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859638" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859640" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859642" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/7859638/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/7859640/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/7859642/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Figs. 57</figureCitation>
). There are significant differences between
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1083,1235,680,706]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1083,1235,680,706]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1254,1359,680,706]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[809,997,713,739]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[809,997,713,739]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in GSKL (
<emphasis box="[1170,1188,713,739]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
&lt;0.001), ZYW (
<emphasis box="[819,837,747,773]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.026), MAW (
<emphasis box="[1055,1073,747,773]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
&lt;0.001), BCW (
<emphasis box="[1285,1303,747,773]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.046), LW (
<emphasis box="[875,893,781,807]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.001), ML (
<emphasis box="[1098,1116,781,807]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.001), M3M3 (
<emphasis box="[1374,1392,781,807]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.002), CM3 (
<emphasis box="[995,1013,814,840]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.002), I1M3 (
<emphasis box="[1240,1258,814,840]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.001) and i1m3 (
<emphasis box="[901,919,848,874]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
&lt;0.001). In all of these craniodental characters,
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<emphasis box="[894,1065,882,908]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is larger than
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1241,1378,882,908]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1241,1378,882,908]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(Tables 4 and 5).
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1074,1322,915,941]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1074,1322,915,941]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Miniopterus phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1330,1422,915,941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
also differs significantly from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[1174,1344,949,975]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[1174,1344,949,975]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the ratio of tibia to forearm length (TIB/FA;
<emphasis box="[1292,1338,983,1009]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P =</emphasis>
0.002) and the ratio of second phalanx of third digit to third metacarpal (d3mp2/d
<quantity box="[1062,1100,1050,1076]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="m" value="3.0">3m</quantity>
;
<emphasis box="[1113,1131,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">P</emphasis>
= 0.023). In
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1285,1421,1050,1076]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1285,1421,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[809,908,1083,1109]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, TIB/FA ratio is usually higher (median: 42.16%, range: 41.143.9%) than in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[1251,1421,1117,1143]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[1251,1421,1117,1143]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(40.78%, 39.642.1%), whereas d3mp2/d
<quantity box="[1297,1334,1151,1177]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" unit="m" value="3.0">3m</quantity>
ratio is lower (83.27%, 79.390.4% versus 88.55%, 81.6 90.9%, respectively). The tragus of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1276,1421,1218,1244]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1276,1421,1218,1244]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[809,902,1252,1278]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is medium-sized in both length and width. The tragus of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[326,480,175,201]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[326,480,175,201]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is longer, broader, and more pointed towards the tip than the other three species in
<collectingCountry box="[281,341,243,269]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[406,528,243,269]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
. The middle of the tragus is much broader than its base and tip in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(slightly broader in
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[509,646,310,336]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[509,646,310,336]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[655,751,310,336]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
). The tragus of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[331,505,344,370]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[331,505,344,370]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has parallel margins along most of its length, as does that of
<emphasis box="[625,764,378,404]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[625,760,378,404]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">M. pusillus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
However, the tragus of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[457,594,412,438]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[457,594,412,438]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is shorter in length and barely curved forward compared to the other three species (
<figureCitation box="[388,459,480,506]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="14.[151,164,721,742]" captionTargetBox="[229,1343,175,704]" captionTargetId="figure-659@14.[229,1343,175,704]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIG. 8. Tragus of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (ZMMU S-172585); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164505); C — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype); D — M. pusillus (ZMMU S-172595)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859644" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859644/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[151,1422,1355,1461]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
TABLE 3. External measurements (mm) and mass (g) of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[689,800,1355,1376]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[689,800,1355,1376]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[806,882,1355,1376]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
from Idulgashinna, Sri Lanka. Measurements presented as
<emphasis bold="true" box="[179,193,1383,1405]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">0</emphasis>
± SD, range, and sample size
<emphasis box="[494,506,1384,1405]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">n</emphasis>
. Measurements of the holotype, paratypes and other individuals of the new species and other species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" box="[253,370,1412,1433]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[253,370,1412,1433]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring in India and Sri Lanka are shown for comparative purposes. Measurements of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1230,1341,1412,1433]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1230,1341,1412,1433]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1347,1422,1412,1433]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
types were taken by TK, while the other specimens by an assortment of different authors
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<table box="[151,1404,1503,1967]" gridcols="7" gridrows="15" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<tr box="[151,1404,1503,1524]" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1503,1524]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Specimen or taxon</th>
<th box="[565,675,1503,1524]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">HB</th>
<th box="[708,819,1503,1524]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">T</th>
<th box="[858,956,1503,1524]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">HF</th>
<th box="[996,1106,1503,1524]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">TIB</th>
<th box="[1139,1250,1503,1524]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">FA</th>
<th box="[1272,1404,1503,1524]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Ear</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1551,1572]" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1551,1572]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1551,1572]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1551,1572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,1551,1572]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[565,675,1551,1572]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">50</td>
<td box="[708,819,1551,1572]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">55</td>
<td box="[858,956,1551,1572]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9.49</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1551,1572]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">19.62</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1551,1572]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">46.71</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1551,1572]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">12.12</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1579,1601]" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1">
<th box="[151,508,1579,1601]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
Holotype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[260,280,1579,1601]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">X</emphasis>
NMSL 2021.03.01.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1612,1633]" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1612,1633]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1612,1633]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1612,1633]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,1612,1633]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[565,675,1612,1633]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">56</td>
<td box="[708,819,1612,1633]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">56</td>
<td box="[858,956,1612,1633]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9.53</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1612,1633]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">20.65</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1612,1633]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">47.52</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1612,1633]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">11.10</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1640,1662]" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1">
<th box="[151,508,1640,1662]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
Paratype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[255,275,1640,1662]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Y</emphasis>
NMSL 2021.03.02.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1673,1694]" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1673,1694]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1673,1694]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1673,1694]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,1673,1694]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[565,675,1673,1694]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">54</td>
<td box="[708,819,1673,1694]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">54</td>
<td box="[858,956,1673,1694]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">8.77</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1673,1694]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">20.05</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1673,1694]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">46.64</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1673,1694]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">11.82</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1701,1723]" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1">
<th box="[151,508,1701,1723]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
Paratype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[255,275,1701,1723]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Y</emphasis>
NMSL 2021.03.03.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1734,1755]" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1734,1755]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1734,1755]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1734,1755]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,347,1734,1755]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, all specimens
</th>
<td box="[565,675,1734,1755]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">52.0 ± 1.70</td>
<td box="[708,819,1734,1755]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">53.2 ± 3.25</td>
<td box="[858,956,1734,1755]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9.3 ± 0.54</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1734,1755]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">19.7 ± 0.45</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1734,1755]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">46.7 ± 1.05</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1734,1755]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">12.0 ± 0.65</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1763,1784]" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rowspan-0="1">
<td box="[565,675,1763,1784]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
5056,
<emphasis box="[644,668,1763,1784]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[708,819,1763,1784]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4858,
<emphasis box="[788,812,1763,1784]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">18</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[858,956,1763,1784]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
810,
<emphasis box="[925,949,1763,1784]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1763,1784]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
1920,
<emphasis box="[1075,1099,1763,1784]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1763,1784]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4449,
<emphasis box="[1219,1243,1763,1784]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1763,1784]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
11.112.8,
<emphasis box="[1386,1398,1763,1784]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">8</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1796,1817]" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1796,1817]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[151,289,1796,1817]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[151,289,1796,1817]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[565,675,1796,1817]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">55.2 ± 4.74</td>
<td box="[708,819,1796,1817]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">54.2 ± 5.35</td>
<td box="[858,956,1796,1817]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9.2 ± 0.98</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1796,1817]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">19.2 ± 1.21</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1796,1817]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">46.9 ± 2.39</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1796,1817]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">12.3 ± 0.57</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1824,1845]" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rowspan-0="1">
<td box="[565,675,1824,1845]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4763,
<emphasis box="[644,668,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">10</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[708,819,1824,1845]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4660,
<emphasis box="[794,806,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">8</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[858,956,1824,1845]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
710,
<emphasis box="[925,949,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">10</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1824,1845]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
1720,
<emphasis box="[1081,1093,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1824,1845]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4249,
<emphasis box="[1219,1243,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">10</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1824,1845]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
11.712.9,
<emphasis box="[1386,1398,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">4</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1857,1878]" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1857,1878]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[151,276,1857,1878]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[151,276,1857,1878]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[565,675,1857,1878]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">61.0 ± 2.44</td>
<td box="[708,819,1857,1878]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">59.0 ± 2.00</td>
<td box="[858,956,1857,1878]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9.8 ± 0.56</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1857,1878]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">21.2 ± 0.84</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1857,1878]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">50.5 ± 1.21</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1857,1878]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">12.4 ± 1.18</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1885,1906]" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rowspan-0="1">
<td box="[565,675,1885,1906]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
5665,
<emphasis box="[644,668,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">14</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[708,819,1885,1906]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
5664,
<emphasis box="[788,812,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">15</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[858,956,1885,1906]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
910,
<emphasis box="[925,949,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">16</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1885,1906]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
2022,
<emphasis box="[1075,1099,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">16</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1885,1906]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4852,
<emphasis box="[1219,1243,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">16</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1885,1906]" gridcol="6" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
10.514.4,
<emphasis box="[1380,1404,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">16</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1918,1939]" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<th box="[151,508,1918,1939]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[151,259,1918,1939]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[151,259,1918,1939]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[565,675,1918,1939]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">48.2 ± 4.64</td>
<td box="[708,819,1918,1939]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">47.9 ± 2.63</td>
<td box="[858,956,1918,1939]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">8.1 ± 0.55</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1918,1939]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">17.1 ± 0.78</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1918,1939]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">41.7 ± 0.90</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1918,1939]" gridcol="6" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">10.4 ± 0.43</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1404,1946,1967]" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" rowspan-0="1">
<td box="[565,675,1946,1967]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4257,
<emphasis box="[650,662,1946,1967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[708,819,1946,1967]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
4351,
<emphasis box="[794,806,1946,1967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">7</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[858,956,1946,1967]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
78,
<emphasis box="[925,937,1946,1967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[996,1106,1946,1967]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
1517,
<emphasis box="[1081,1093,1946,1967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1139,1250,1946,1967]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
3942,
<emphasis box="[1225,1237,1946,1967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1272,1404,1946,1967]" gridcol="6" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">1011, 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="9" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,290,548,574]" box="[151,290,548,574]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<heading box="[151,290,548,574]" fontSize="36" level="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" reason="6">
<emphasis box="[151,290,548,574]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Description</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,764,582,1353]" lastBlockId="9.[809,1421,175,371]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[189,437,582,608]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[189,437,582,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Miniopterus phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[446,538,582,608]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is a medium-sized bat (FA
<quantity box="[244,371,616,642]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.65" metricValueMax="4.9" metricValueMin="4.4" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" unit="mm" value="46.5" valueMax="49.0" valueMin="44.0">4449 mm</quantity>
) exhibiting the typical features of the genus i.e. an elongated second phalanx of the third digit, short and rounded ears, high forehead, short and broad muzzle, and slender and slightly curved tragus with rounded tip (Supplementary
<figureCitation box="[151,238,785,811]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[151,164,1894,1915]" captionTargetBox="[151,1421,1156,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-208@7.[151,1421,1155,1877]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 3. Map of South and Southeast Asia showing sampling localities of M. phillipsi sp. nov. and Miniopterus specimens of mainland Asia mentioned in this study with biomes of ecoregions (Dinerstein et al., 2017). Type locality of M. phillipsi sp. nov. is marked by a black star" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859630" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859630/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Fig. S3</figureCitation>
). Tail length approximately equals head-andbody length (
<tableCitation box="[305,394,819,845]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="8.[151,164,1355,1376]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="TABLE 3. External measurements (mm) and mass (g) of M. phillipsi sp. nov. from Idulgashinna, Sri Lanka. Measurements presented as 0 ± SD, range, and sample size n. Measurements of the holotype, paratypes and other individuals of the new species and other species of Miniopterus occurring in India and Sri Lanka are shown for comparative purposes. Measurements of M. phillipsi sp. nov. types were taken by TK, while the other specimens by an assortment of different authors" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" tableUuid="DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16">Table 3</tableCitation>
). The ear is relatively short and rounded (ca.
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in length) and not readily distinguishable from that of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[464,636,887,913]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[464,636,887,913]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<tableCitation box="[654,748,887,913]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="8.[151,164,1355,1376]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="TABLE 3. External measurements (mm) and mass (g) of M. phillipsi sp. nov. from Idulgashinna, Sri Lanka. Measurements presented as 0 ± SD, range, and sample size n. Measurements of the holotype, paratypes and other individuals of the new species and other species of Miniopterus occurring in India and Sri Lanka are shown for comparative purposes. Measurements of M. phillipsi sp. nov. types were taken by TK, while the other specimens by an assortment of different authors" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" tableUuid="DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16">Table 3</tableCitation>
). The tragus is medium sized (
<quantity box="[522,599,921,947]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" unit="mm" value="5.0">5 mm</quantity>
) and slightly curved forward with a rounded tip (
<figureCitation box="[611,688,954,980]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="14.[151,164,721,742]" captionTargetBox="[229,1343,175,704]" captionTargetId="figure-659@14.[229,1343,175,704]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIG. 8. Tragus of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (ZMMU S-172585); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164505); C — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype); D — M. pusillus (ZMMU S-172595)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859644" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859644/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
). The external measurements of the
<typeStatus box="[528,634,988,1014]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<typeStatus box="[651,763,988,1014]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">paratypes</typeStatus>
and other specimens of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[459,601,1022,1048]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[459,601,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[616,714,1022,1048]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
are given in
<tableCitation box="[259,351,1056,1082]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="8.[151,164,1355,1376]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="TABLE 3. External measurements (mm) and mass (g) of M. phillipsi sp. nov. from Idulgashinna, Sri Lanka. Measurements presented as 0 ± SD, range, and sample size n. Measurements of the holotype, paratypes and other individuals of the new species and other species of Miniopterus occurring in India and Sri Lanka are shown for comparative purposes. Measurements of M. phillipsi sp. nov. types were taken by TK, while the other specimens by an assortment of different authors" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" tableUuid="DF0FE5F72340FFD5D9E33562FC42FA16">Table 3</tableCitation>
. Fur is dense and soft, fairly long above and short below. Fur slightly extending onto the membranes ventrally, but dorsally confined to the body. The pelage is chocolate-brown above and slightly paler on the under parts (Supplementary
<figureCitation box="[151,254,1226,1252]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[151,164,750,771]" captionTargetBox="[151,763,174,730]" captionTargetId="figure-111@8.[150,766,172,731]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 4. Portrait of M. phillipsi sp. nov. NMSL 2021.03.02.NH" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859632" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859632/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Fig. S4</figureCitation>
). Individual hairs are the same color throughout. The skull of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[464,604,1260,1286]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[464,604,1260,1286]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[617,712,1260,1286]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
has a wide rostrum and round braincase typical of the genus (
<figureCitation box="[243,365,1327,1353]" captionStart-0="FIG" captionStart-1="FIG" captionStart-2="FIG" captionStartId-0="11.[151,164,1921,1942]" captionStartId-1="12.[151,164,945,966]" captionStartId-2="12.[151,164,1921,1942]" captionTargetBox-0="[242,1334,1204,1901]" captionTargetBox-1="[261,1310,174,925]" captionTargetBox-2="[273,1299,1254,1902]" captionTargetId-0="figure-498@11.[242,1334,1202,1903]" captionTargetId-1="figure-76@12.[261,1310,172,927]" captionTargetId-2="figure-131@12.[273,1299,1253,1903]" captionTargetPageId-0="11" captionTargetPageId-1="12" captionTargetPageId-2="12" captionText-0="FIG. 5. Dorsal aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)" captionText-1="FIG. 6. Lateral aspect of cranium and mandible of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka.A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)" captionText-2="FIG. 7. Ventral aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)" figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859638" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859640" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859642" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/7859638/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/7859640/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/7859642/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Figs. 57</figureCitation>
). Cranial measurements for the
<typeStatus box="[809,912,175,201]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">holotype</typeStatus>
and
<typeStatus box="[975,1087,175,201]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">paratypes</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1133,1271,175,201]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1133,1271,175,201]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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are shown in Table 4. The dentition of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1239,1377,209,235]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1239,1377,209,235]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is I 2/3, C 1/1, P 2/3, M 3/3, which is typical of the genus
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<emphasis box="[930,1073,277,303]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Dental measurements of the
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and
<typeStatus box="[975,1087,311,337]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">paratypes</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1133,1271,311,337]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1133,1271,311,337]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1281,1375,311,337]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
are shown in
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<heading box="[809,996,413,439]" fontSize="36" level="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" reason="6">
<emphasis box="[809,996,413,439]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Natural History</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[809,1424,476,1353]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
This species is distributed from lower to higher elevations (
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) of wet and intermediate climatic zones of
<collectingCountry box="[1019,1138,544,570]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
. The
<typeStatus box="[1203,1254,544,570]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">type</typeStatus>
locality is the highest elevation it was captured (
<quantity box="[1228,1326,578,604]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.59" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" unit="m" value="1590.0">1590 m</quantity>
); specimens captured at Talawakele (
<quantity box="[1164,1254,612,638]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.411" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" unit="m" value="1411.0">1411 m</quantity>
) document its range in the central highlands of
<collectingCountry box="[1217,1340,646,672]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
. Specimens captured at Doteloya were roosting in a granite cave at the edge of a tropical wet lowland rainforest (
<bibRefCitation author="SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF SRI LANKA" box="[900,1409,748,774]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" refId="ref15149" refString="SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF SRI LANKA. 2012. National atlas of Sri Lanka, 2 nd edition. Survey Department of Sri Lanka, Colombo." type="book" year="2012">
Survey Department of
<collectingCountry box="[1197,1324,748,774]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
, 2012
</bibRefCitation>
). Wellawaya and Pallebedda records lie at lower elevations of intermediate climatic zone of
<collectingCountry box="[1297,1418,817,843]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
. In western
<collectingCountry box="[954,1017,851,877]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">India</collectingCountry>
, it was recorded from Robbers Cave, located in the evergreen forest of Mahabaleshwar region of northern Western Ghats at an elevation of
<quantity box="[923,1015,953,979]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.217" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" unit="m" value="1217.0">1217 m</quantity>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[809,1424,476,1353]" lastBlockId="10.[809,1422,178,712]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
Like other members of this genus, this species apparently prefers to roost in caves and tunnels. Colony sizes of this species are estimated at
<geoCoordinate box="[1340,1405,1055,1081]" degrees="1,300" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" precision="55" value="1.3">1,300</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="1,500" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" precision="55" value="-1.5"> 1,500</geoCoordinate>
bats in Idulgashinna Cave, 7001000 bats in Wavulgalge Cave, Wellawaya (
<bibRefCitation author="YAPA, W. B. &amp; W. D. RATNASOORIYA &amp; H. H. COSTA" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" pagination="41 - 62" refId="ref15505" refString="YAPA, W. B., W. D. RATNASOORIYA, H. H. COSTA, and R. RUB- SAMEN. 2005. Inflight and outflight activity patterns of five species of cave dwelling bats in Sri Lanka. Journal of Science University of Kelaniya, 2: 41 - 62." type="journal article" year="2005">
Yapa
<emphasis box="[1342,1413,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
, 2005
</bibRefCitation>
), 50100 bats in Sandaraja Cave, Doteloya (
<bibRefCitation author="KUSUMINDA, T. &amp; A. MANNAKKARA &amp; M. KARUNARATHNA &amp; C. AMARASINGHE &amp; B. D. PATTERSON &amp; W. B. YAPA" box="[856,1149,1191,1217]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" pagination="152 - 162" refId="ref12985" refString="KUSUMINDA, T., A. MANNAKKARA, M. KARUNARATHNA, C. AMARASINGHE, B. D. PATTERSON, and W. B. YAPA. 2020. Review of the distribution of Sri Lankan bats: family Miniopteridae. WILDLANKA, 8: 152 - 162." type="journal article" year="2020">
Kusuminda
<emphasis box="[1005,1068,1191,1217]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
, 2020
</bibRefCitation>
), 200,000 bats in Wavulpane Cave, Pallebedda (
<bibRefCitation author="DIGANA, P. M. C. B." box="[1168,1346,1225,1251]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" refId="ref11441" refString="DIGANA, P. M. C. B. 2004. Some aspects on ecology and biology of Sri Lankan bats. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Colombo, Colombo, 273 pp." type="book" year="2004">Digana, 2004</bibRefCitation>
), and 4,200 bats in Robbers Cave, Mahabaleshwar (
<bibRefCitation author="KORAD, V. S. &amp; M. C. GAIKWAD &amp; A. L. KORATKAR" box="[817,1039,1293,1319]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" pagination="743 - 748" refId="ref12691" refString="KORAD, V. S., M. C. GAIKWAD, and A. L. KORATKAR. 2006. Record of composite bat colonies in Robbers' cave area of Mahabaleshwar region, Maharashtra state, India. Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 12: 743 - 748." type="journal article" year="2006">
Korad
<emphasis box="[900,959,1293,1319]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
, 2006
</bibRefCitation>
). Pregnant and lactating females of this species were reported in July and August in
<collectingCountry box="[849,973,178,204]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="DIGANA, P. M. C. B." box="[999,1171,178,204]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" refId="ref11441" refString="DIGANA, P. M. C. B. 2004. Some aspects on ecology and biology of Sri Lankan bats. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Colombo, Colombo, 273 pp." type="book" year="2004">Digana, 2004</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="KUSUMINDA, T. &amp; A. MANNAKKARA &amp; B. D. PATTERSON &amp; W. B. YAPA" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" pagination="96 - 105" refId="ref12935" refString="KUSUMINDA, T., A. MANNAKKARA, B. D. PATTERSON, and W. B. YAPA. 2018. Bats in tea plantations in Sri Lanka: species richness and distribution. Journal of Bat Research and Conservation, 11: 96 - 105." type="journal article" year="2018">
Kusuminda
<emphasis box="[1345,1414,178,204]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">et al.</emphasis>
, 2018
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,334,1432,1453]" box="[151,334,1432,1453]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">TABLE 3. Extended</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
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<tr box="[151,1406,1488,1538]" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<th box="[151,508,1488,1538]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Specimen or taxon</th>
<th box="[550,659,1488,1538]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Tr</th>
<th box="[686,796,1488,1538]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">d3m</th>
<th box="[822,932,1488,1538]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">d4m</th>
<th box="[958,1068,1488,1538]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">d5m</th>
<th box="[1094,1204,1488,1538]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">d3mp1</th>
<th box="[1230,1340,1488,1538]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">d3mp2</th>
<th box="[1354,1406,1488,1538]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Body mass</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1553,1574]" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<th box="[151,508,1553,1574]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1553,1574]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1553,1574]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,1553,1574]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[550,659,1553,1574]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">5.54</td>
<td box="[686,796,1553,1574]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">43.85</td>
<td box="[822,932,1553,1574]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">41.60</td>
<td box="[958,1068,1553,1574]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">37.87</td>
<td box="[1094,1204,1553,1574]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">11.95</td>
<td box="[1230,1340,1553,1574]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">37.12</td>
<td box="[1354,1406,1553,1574]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">10.5</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1580,1602]" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,1580,1602]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
Holotype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[260,280,1580,1602]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">X</emphasis>
NMSL 2021.03.01.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1614,1635]" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<th box="[151,508,1614,1635]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1614,1635]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1614,1635]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,1614,1635]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[550,659,1614,1635]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">5.21</td>
<td box="[686,796,1614,1635]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">45.59</td>
<td box="[822,932,1614,1635]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">42.47</td>
<td box="[958,1068,1614,1635]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">38.80</td>
<td box="[1094,1204,1614,1635]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">11.76</td>
<td box="[1230,1340,1614,1635]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">37.32</td>
<td box="[1354,1406,1614,1635]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">10.5</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1641,1663]" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,1641,1663]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
Paratype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[255,275,1641,1663]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Y</emphasis>
NMSL 2021.03.02.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1675,1696]" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<th box="[151,508,1675,1696]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1675,1696]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1675,1696]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,1675,1696]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[550,659,1675,1696]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">5.45</td>
<td box="[686,796,1675,1696]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">44.48</td>
<td box="[822,932,1675,1696]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">41.61</td>
<td box="[958,1068,1675,1696]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">37.87</td>
<td box="[1094,1204,1675,1696]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">11.60</td>
<td box="[1230,1340,1675,1696]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">35.39</td>
<td box="[1354,1406,1675,1696]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">10.0</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1702,1724]" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,1702,1724]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
Paratype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[255,275,1702,1724]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Y</emphasis>
NMSL 2021.03.03.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1736,1785]" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,1736,1785]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,1736,1757]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,1736,1757]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,347,1736,1757]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, all specimens
</th>
<td box="[550,659,1736,1785]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
5.4 ± 0.19 5.25.7,
<emphasis box="[641,653,1764,1785]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">8</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[686,796,1736,1785]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
43.9 ± 1.07 4245,
<emphasis box="[765,789,1764,1785]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[822,932,1736,1785]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
41.9 ± 1.08 3943,
<emphasis box="[901,925,1764,1785]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[958,1068,1736,1785]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
38.2 ± 0.92 3639,
<emphasis box="[1037,1061,1764,1785]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1094,1204,1736,1785]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
10.7 ± 0.76 911,
<emphasis box="[1167,1191,1764,1785]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">19</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1230,1340,1736,1785]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
37.0 ± 1.59 3440,
<emphasis box="[1309,1333,1764,1785]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">19</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1797,1846]" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,1797,1846]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[151,289,1797,1818]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[151,289,1797,1818]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[550,659,1797,1846]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
5.6 ± 0.24 5.55.9,
<emphasis box="[641,653,1825,1846]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">3</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[686,796,1797,1846]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
42.7 ± 2.38 3845,
<emphasis box="[771,783,1825,1846]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[822,932,1797,1846]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
41.0 ± 2.41 3643,
<emphasis box="[907,919,1825,1846]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[958,1068,1797,1846]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
37.9 ± 1.82 3439,
<emphasis box="[1043,1055,1825,1846]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1094,1204,1797,1846]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
10.3 ± 1.01 911,
<emphasis box="[1173,1185,1825,1846]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">9</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1230,1340,1797,1846]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
37.3 ± 2.78 3240,
<emphasis box="[1315,1327,1825,1846]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">9</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1858,1907]" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,1858,1907]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[151,276,1858,1879]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[151,276,1858,1879]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[550,659,1858,1907]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
5.9 ± 0.57 4.97.1,
<emphasis box="[635,659,1886,1907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">16</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[686,796,1858,1907]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
47.1 ± 0.47 4648,
<emphasis box="[771,783,1886,1907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">8</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[822,932,1858,1907]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
44.6 ± 0.68 4345,
<emphasis box="[907,919,1886,1907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">8</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[958,1068,1858,1907]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
40.1 ± 0.39 3940,
<emphasis box="[1043,1055,1886,1907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">8</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1094,1204,1858,1907]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
11.9 ± 0.26 1112,
<emphasis box="[1179,1191,1886,1907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">8</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1230,1340,1858,1907]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
41.1 ± 0.89 4042,
<emphasis box="[1315,1327,1886,1907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">8</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1406,1919,1968]" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,1919,1968]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[151,259,1919,1940]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[151,259,1919,1940]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[550,659,1919,1968]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
5.2 ± 0.35 45,
<emphasis box="[623,635,1947,1968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">4</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[686,796,1919,1968]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
38.1 ± 0.81 3739,
<emphasis box="[771,783,1947,1968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">6</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[822,932,1919,1968]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
36.7 ± 1.08 3437,
<emphasis box="[907,919,1947,1968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">6</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[958,1068,1919,1968]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
34.5 ± 0.97 3235,
<emphasis box="[1043,1055,1947,1968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">6</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1094,1204,1919,1968]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
9.5 ± 0.65 810,
<emphasis box="[1173,1185,1947,1968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">6</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1230,1340,1919,1968]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">32.9 ± 1.75 3135, 6</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">
,
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<emphasis box="[183,204,174,253]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus box="[155,176,177,263]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">holotype</typeStatus>
. the
<emphasis box="[183,204,262,285]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M</emphasis>
of of
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[809,1422,178,712]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">
Echolocation calls of recorded
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1234,1375,245,271]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1234,1375,245,271]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="10" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
had a mean peak frequency (± SD) of 52.8 kHz ± 0.72 kHz (range: 5154 kHz,
<emphasis box="[1196,1211,313,339]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">n</emphasis>
= 15), which did not differ from those reported for
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[1246,1421,347,373]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[1246,1421,347,373]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Western Himalaya,
<collectingCountry box="[1157,1220,381,407]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">India</collectingCountry>
(53.1 kHz in
<bibRefCitation author="CHAKRAVARTY, R. &amp; M. RUEDI &amp; F. ISHTIAQ" box="[809,1102,415,441]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" pagination="197 - 224" refId="ref11317" refString="CHAKRAVARTY, R., M. RUEDI, and F. ISHTIAQ. 2020. A recent survey of bats with descriptions of echolocation calls and new records from the western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. Acta Chiropterologica, 22: 197 - 224." type="journal article" year="2020">
Chakravarty
<emphasis box="[964,1018,415,441]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">et al</emphasis>
., 2020
</bibRefCitation>
) or from eight colonies in
<collectingCountry box="[809,879,449,475]" name="China" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">China</collectingCountry>
(5358 kHz in
<bibRefCitation author="ZHANG, C. &amp; T. JIANG &amp; G. LU &amp; A. LIN &amp; K. SUN &amp; S. LIU &amp; J. FENG" box="[1089,1329,449,475]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" pagination="36 - 44" refId="ref15604" refString="ZHANG, C., T. JIANG, G. LU, A. LIN, K. SUN, S. LIU, and J. FENG. 2018. Geographical variation in the echolocation calls of bent-winged bats, Miniopterus fuliginosus. Zoology, 131: 36 - 44." type="journal article" year="2018">
Zhang
<emphasis box="[1178,1236,449,475]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">et al</emphasis>
., 2018
</bibRefCitation>
). Other
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" box="[809,952,483,509]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[809,952,483,509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
originally reported as
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<emphasis box="[1242,1371,483,509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but presumably pertaining to
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1126,1267,517,543]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1126,1267,517,543]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1280,1376,517,543]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
include bats from the Western Ghats,
<collectingCountry box="[1234,1294,551,577]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">India</collectingCountry>
(52.0 kHz in
<bibRefCitation author="WORDLEY, C. F. R. &amp; E. K. FOUI &amp; D. MUDAPPA &amp; M. SANKARAN &amp; J. D. ALTRINGHAM" box="[846,1109,584,610]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" pagination="213 - 222" refId="ref15452" refString="WORDLEY, C. F. R., E. K. FOUI, D. MUDAPPA, M. SANKARAN, and J. D. ALTRINGHAM. 2014. Acoustic identification of bats in the southern Western Ghats, India. Acta Chiropterologica, 16: 213 - 222." type="journal article" year="2014">
Wordley
<emphasis box="[961,1020,584,610]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">et al</emphasis>
., 2014
</bibRefCitation>
) and from
<collectingRegion box="[1261,1342,584,610]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Kerala</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry box="[1361,1421,584,610]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">India</collectingCountry>
(53.2 kHz in Srinivasulu and
<bibRefCitation author="SRINIVASULU, B. &amp; C. SRINIVASULU" box="[1190,1409,618,644]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" pagination="10216 - 10222" refId="ref14874" refString="SRINIVASULU, B., and C. SRINIVASULU. 2017. A first record of three hitherto unreported species of bats from Kerala, India with a note on Myotis peytoni (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9: 10216 - 10222." type="journal article" year="2017">Srinivasulu, 2017</bibRefCitation>
). It appears that the new species is not distinguished from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[874,1043,686,712]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[874,1043,686,712]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in echolocation calls.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,204,320,473]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Measurements Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,204,469,557]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">
.
<emphasis box="[155,176,485,497]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">n</emphasis>
purposes
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,176,504,541]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">size</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,204,548,684]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">sample comparative</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,176,622,657]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">and</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,176,664,723]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">, range</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[183,204,691,719]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">for</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,204,726,789]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">, SD shown</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">
±
<emphasis bold="true" box="[154,176,792,806]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">0</emphasis>
are
</paragraph>
<subSection lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="10.[809,944,760,786]" box="[809,944,760,786]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">
<heading box="[809,944,760,786]" fontSize="9" level="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" reason="1">DISCUSSION</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,176,813,833]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">as</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,204,832,932]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">presented Lanka Sri</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[809,1422,828,1973]" lastBlockId="11.[151,764,177,1111]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">
Our morphological and molecular analyses of South Asian
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" box="[960,1103,862,888]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[960,1103,862,888]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
uncovered the presence of a yet undescribed cryptic species in southern
<collectingCountry box="[1361,1421,896,922]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[861,982,930,956]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial
<emphasis box="[873,924,964,990]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">COI</emphasis>
sequences of Asian
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" box="[1177,1320,964,990]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1177,1320,964,990]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
provide clear indications that
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1070,1209,998,1024]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1070,1209,998,1024]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1219,1313,998,1024]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is a distinct species. Both Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood analyses recover both the new species and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[809,979,1099,1125]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[809,979,1099,1125]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in reciprocally monophyletic groupings; in fact, on the basis of
<emphasis box="[1142,1193,1133,1159]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">COI</emphasis>
sequences, the two are not even sister taxa. Analyses securely recovered the clade of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[966,1138,1201,1227]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[966,1138,1201,1227]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[1204,1359,1201,1227]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[1204,1359,1201,1227]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and this clade was closely related to a distinctive lineage from the
<collectingCountry box="[931,1063,1269,1295]" name="Philippines" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Philippines</collectingCountry>
accessioned in GenBank as
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kuhl" authorityYear="1817" box="[819,996,1303,1329]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schreibersii">
<emphasis box="[819,996,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. schreibersii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MK410364), but likely representing the endemic
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Waterhouse" baseAuthorityYear="1845" box="[1042,1248,1337,1363]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eschscholtzii">
<emphasis box="[1042,1248,1337,1363]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. eschscholtzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Miniopterus phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[911,1001,1371,1397]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is strongly supported as sister to the clade of these three species (
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). Mitochondrial markers have been widely used in other studies on
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2009
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, 2010,
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Puechmaille
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Monadjem
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., 2019
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,
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). The new species has been described based on substantial mitochondrial DNA divergence (8.469.27%) from close relatives. The level of mitochondrial DNA divergence equals or exceeds those in other published studies on
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species
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(
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Goodman
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2009
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, 2010;
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Puechmaille
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., 2014
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). For instance, these genetic distances considerably exceed mitochondrial DNA divergence between
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<emphasis box="[1217,1357,1812,1838]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. wilsoni</emphasis>
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and
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(4.15.7%) in
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Monadjem
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or the 3.3% divergence between
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<emphasis box="[1165,1370,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. ambohitrensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[809,929,1913,1939]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">M. aelleni</emphasis>
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in
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Goodman
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. Strikingly, the various Malagasy species of
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<emphasis box="[1149,1292,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Miniopterus</emphasis>
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studied by Goodman and collaborators were reexamined using five nuclear intron sequences, and in each case their distinction as valid species was maintained (
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Demos
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., 2020
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). Likewise, the two cryptic species
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and
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<emphasis box="[388,591,312,338]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. maghrebensis</emphasis>
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differed minimally at mitochondrial genes (1.2%), yet according to nuclear markers showed no evidence of interbreeding in areas of sympatry (
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Puechmaille
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., 2014
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).
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and Measurements
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in authors
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, Idulgashinna
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of
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<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[183,232,1226,1330]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">of assortment</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,232,1308,1377]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">from species an</paragraph>
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species other
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new the
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<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,176,1581,1601]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">of</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[155,204,1606,1635]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">) the</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">TK measurements individuals by taken</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" box="[183,204,1783,1832]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">other</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[154,232,174,1973]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">were Cranial and types</paragraph>
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. 4.
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Additional evidence of the distinction of the new species is provided by the
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sequences of
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, which were all clustered together in the same clade with minimal divergence. The large geographic range of this species includes
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, northern
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,
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,
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,
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, south-eastern extreme of
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and
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; it does not include southern
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or
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. In such a vast area, the genetic differences between
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<emphasis box="[491,661,749,775]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
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individuals are less than between
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and
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Still, because discordance between nuclear and mitochondrial sequences is common in other groups of bats (e.g.,
<bibRefCitation author="FURMAN, A. &amp; E. CORAMAN &amp; Y. E. CELIK &amp; T. POSTAWA &amp; M. RUEDI" box="[533,759,883,909]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" pagination="549 - 561" refId="ref11936" refString="FURMAN, A., E. CORAMAN, Y. E. CELIK, T. POSTAWA, J. BACHA- NEK, and M. RUEDI. 2014. Cytonuclear discordance and the species status of Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii (Chiroptera). Zoologica Scripta, 43: 549 - 561." type="journal article" year="2014">
Furman
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., 2014
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;
<bibRefCitation author="DOOL, S. E. &amp; S. J. PUECHMAILLE &amp; N. M. FOLEY &amp; B. ALLEGRINI &amp; A. BASTIAN &amp; G. L. MUTUMI &amp; T. G. MALULEKE &amp; L. J. ODENDAAL &amp; E. C. TEELING &amp; D. S. JACOBS" box="[151,357,917,943]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" pagination="196 - 212" refId="ref11584" refString="DOOL, S. E., S. J. PUECHMAILLE, N. M. FOLEY, B. ALLEGRINI, A. BASTIAN, G. L. MUTUMI, T. G. MALULEKE, L. J. ODENDAAL, E. C. TEELING, and D. S. JACOBS. 2016. Nuclear introns outperform mitochondrial DNA in inter-specific phylogenetic reconstruction: lessons from horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae: Chiroptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 196 - 212." type="journal article" year="2016">
Dool
<emphasis box="[219,271,917,943]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
., 2016
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; Mao and Rossiter, 2020), nuclear sequences will be needed to confirm the systematic relationships among these Asian
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<emphasis box="[540,683,984,1010]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Miniopterus</emphasis>
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.
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The inclusion of additional sequences based on carefully identified and vouchered specimens are also needed to further clarify pending problematic relationships evident in our tree (
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). Indeed, one sequence from
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labeled as
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<emphasis box="[1265,1413,211,237]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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821204 — C. Srinivasulu, B. Srinivasulu,
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. A. Shah, and G. Devender, unpublished data) appears to belong to a distinct species, with a sequence divergence of 10.0% from properly identified
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. pusillus</emphasis>
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from northern
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(
<bibRefCitation author="RUEDI, M. &amp; U. SAIKIA &amp; A. THABAH &amp; T. GORFOL &amp; S. THAPA &amp; G. CSORBA" box="[1121,1334,379,405]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" pagination="465 - 480" refId="ref14264" refString="RUEDI, M., U. SAIKIA, A. THABAH, T. GORFOL, S. THAPA, and G. CSORBA. 2021. Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalian Biology, 101: 465 - 480." type="journal article" year="2021">
Ruedi
<emphasis box="[1199,1257,379,405]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">et al.</emphasis>
, 2021
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). Three other samples from
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and
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were identified as
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<emphasis box="[900,1026,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. medius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation author="FRANCIS, C. M. &amp; A. V. BORISENKO &amp; N. V. IVANOVA &amp; J. L. EGER &amp; B. K. LIM &amp; S. V. KRUSKOP &amp; I. MACKIE &amp; P. D. N. HEBERT" box="[1077,1325,446,472]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" pagination="12575" refId="ref11808" refString="FRANCIS, C. M., A. V. BORISENKO, N. V. IVANOVA, J. L. EGER, B. K. LIM, A. GUILLEN- SERVENT, S. V. KRUSKOP, I. MACKIE, and P. D. N. HEBERT. 2010. The role of DNA barcodes in understanding and conservation of mammal diversity in Southeast Asia. PLoS ONE, 5: e 12575." type="journal article" year="2010">
Francis
<emphasis box="[1174,1236,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">et al.</emphasis>
(2010)
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but appeared in distinct clades, with 9.1% sequence divergence between these groups. The Philippine sequence reported as
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<emphasis box="[960,1138,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. schreibersii</emphasis>
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also deserves renewed inspection, as previously mentioned. More systematic work on Asian
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<emphasis box="[1047,1189,614,640]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Miniopterus</emphasis>
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is needed to document and fully decipher species diversity in this difficult taxonomic group. Clearly, the names associated with
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<emphasis box="[952,1094,715,741]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Miniopterus</emphasis>
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records in public repositories — whether GenBank, BOLD or GBIF — should be critically reevaluated before being used in any publication.
</paragraph>
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In terms of morphology, our samples of
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<emphasis box="[809,963,883,909]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. magnater</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[1027,1198,883,909]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[1027,1198,883,909]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
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exhibit overlap in measurements of
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,
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,
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, BCW, LW, CC, i1m3 and mols. However, all studies agree that despite slight overlap for some measurements, Indian
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[891,1022,1018,1044]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[891,1022,1018,1044]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[1037,1205,1018,1044]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[1037,1205,1018,1044]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[1269,1421,1018,1044]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[1269,1421,1018,1044]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are all morphologically and genetically distinct species (
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Saikia
<emphasis box="[993,1045,1085,1111]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
., 2020
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="RUEDI, M. &amp; U. SAIKIA &amp; A. THABAH &amp; T. GORFOL &amp; S. THAPA &amp; G. CSORBA" box="[1143,1359,1085,1111]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" pagination="465 - 480" refId="ref14264" refString="RUEDI, M., U. SAIKIA, A. THABAH, T. GORFOL, S. THAPA, and G. CSORBA. 2021. Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalian Biology, 101: 465 - 480." type="journal article" year="2021">
Ruedi
<emphasis box="[1221,1274,1085,1111]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
., 2021
</bibRefCitation>
). For the southern part of the Indian Subcontinent, we show here the clear distinction of the two morphologically most similar pairs,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[541,711,1144,1170]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[541,711,1144,1170]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[809,950,1077,1103]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[809,950,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[964,1061,1077,1103]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
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and
<figureCitation box="[1239,1256,1077,1103]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[151,164,772,793]" captionTargetBox="[169,1403,176,755]" captionTargetId="figure-75@7.[151,1423,172,766]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 2. Plot of the first two components of a principal component (PC) analysis for craniodental measurements of the Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka (M. philipsii sp. nov. — blue circle; M. fuliginosus — green circle; M. magnater — black circle; M. pusillus — purple circle). Arrow points to holotype. See Table 2 for the variables used in this analysis and the loadings on PC1 and PC2" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859628" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859628/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">2</figureCitation>
). This corroborates the idea that South Asian species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" box="[809,952,1144,1170]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[809,952,1144,1170]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ morphologically chiefly in size (see e.g.
<bibRefCitation author="MAEDA, K." box="[254,410,858,884]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="1 - 176" refId="ref13282" refString="MAEDA, K. 1982. Studies on the classification of Miniopterus in Eurasia, Australia and Melanesia. Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), Supplement, 1: 1 - 176." type="journal article" year="1982">Maeda, 1982</bibRefCitation>
), as shown by the overwhelming importance of PC
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defining
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<emphasis box="[620,763,892,918]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
morphospace.
</paragraph>
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FIG. 5. Dorsal aspect of cranium of
<taxonomicName box="[540,740,1921,1942]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis box="[540,657,1921,1942]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Miniopterus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in India and Sri Lanka. A —
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[1078,1209,1921,1942]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[1078,1209,1921,1942]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MHNG 1981.071); B —
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[202,335,1949,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[202,335,1949,1970]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ZMMU S-164504); C —
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[587,690,1949,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[587,690,1949,1970]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(V/M/ERS/570); D —
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[910,1017,1949,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[910,1017,1949,1970]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1022,1095,1949,1970]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)
</paragraph>
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FIG. 6. Lateral aspect of cranium and mandible of
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<emphasis box="[628,745,945,966]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Miniopterus</emphasis>
species
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in India and Sri Lanka. A —
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<emphasis box="[1100,1224,945,966]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. magnater</emphasis>
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(MHNG 1981.071); B —
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<emphasis box="[202,335,974,995]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ZMMU S-164504); C —
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<emphasis box="[587,690,974,995]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(V/M/ERS/570); D —
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<emphasis box="[910,1017,974,995]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1022,1095,974,995]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)
</paragraph>
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FIG. 7. Ventral aspect of cranium of
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<emphasis box="[543,660,1921,1942]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Miniopterus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in India and Sri Lanka. A —
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[1079,1210,1921,1942]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[1079,1210,1921,1942]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MHNG 1981.071); B —
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[202,335,1949,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[202,335,1949,1970]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ZMMU S-164504); C —
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[587,690,1949,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[587,690,1949,1970]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(V/M/ERS/570); D —
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[910,1017,1949,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[910,1017,1949,1970]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1022,1095,1949,1970]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="DF0FE5F72345FFD0D9E33098FCF9FEB8" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF0FE5F72345FFD0D9E33098FCF9FEB8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" startId="13.[151,164,177,198]" targetBox="[151,1416,315,767]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="13" targetType="table">
<paragraph blockId="13.[151,1421,177,283]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
TABLE 5. Dental measurements (mm) of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[554,668,177,198]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[554,668,177,198]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[676,753,177,198]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
from Idalgashinna, Sri Lanka. Measurements presented as
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1340,1354,177,199]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">0</emphasis>
± SD, range, and sample size
<emphasis box="[382,394,205,226]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">n</emphasis>
. Measurements of the holotype, paratypes and other individuals of the new species and other species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1837" box="[151,268,234,255]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[151,268,234,255]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Miniopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring in India and Sri Lanka are shown for comparative purposes. Measurements of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1121,1232,234,255]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1121,1232,234,255]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1237,1312,234,255]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
were taken by TK, while the other specimens by an assortment of different authors
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<table box="[151,1416,315,767]" gridcols="8" gridrows="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<tr box="[151,1416,315,336]" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,315,336]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Specimen or taxon</th>
<th box="[523,633,315,336]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">CC</th>
<th box="[652,762,315,336]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M3M3</th>
<th box="[780,890,315,336]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">CM3</th>
<th box="[909,1019,315,336]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">I1M3</th>
<th box="[1030,1162,315,336]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">i1m3</th>
<th box="[1177,1287,315,336]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">MOLS</th>
<th box="[1305,1416,315,336]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">mols</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,351,372]" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,351,372]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,351,372]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,351,372]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,351,372]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[523,633,351,372]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.65</td>
<td box="[652,762,351,372]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.58</td>
<td box="[780,890,351,372]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.14</td>
<td box="[909,1019,351,372]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.29</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,351,372]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.50</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,351,372]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.13</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,351,372]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.58</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,379,401]" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,633,379,401]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
Holotype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[260,280,379,401]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">X</emphasis>
, NMSL 2021.03.01.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,412,433]" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,412,433]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,412,433]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,412,433]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,412,433]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[523,633,412,433]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.68</td>
<td box="[652,762,412,433]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.31</td>
<td box="[780,890,412,433]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.97</td>
<td box="[909,1019,412,433]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.23</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,412,433]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.31</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,412,433]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.02</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,412,433]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.51</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,440,462]" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,440,462]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
Paratype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[255,275,440,462]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Y</emphasis>
, NMSL 2021.03.02.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,473,494]" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,473,494]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,473,494]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,473,494]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,473,494]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[523,633,473,494]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.70</td>
<td box="[652,762,473,494]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.56</td>
<td box="[780,890,473,494]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.22</td>
<td box="[909,1019,473,494]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.41</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,473,494]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.60</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,473,494]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.27</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,473,494]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.78</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,501,523]" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th box="[151,508,501,523]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
Paratype
<emphasis bold="true" box="[255,275,501,523]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Y</emphasis>
, NMSL 2021.03.03.NH
</th>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,534,555]" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,534,555]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,263,534,555]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,263,534,555]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[269,345,534,555]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td box="[523,633,534,555]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.65 ± 0.14</td>
<td box="[652,762,534,555]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.55 ± 0.09</td>
<td box="[780,890,534,555]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.05 ± 0.11</td>
<td box="[909,1019,534,555]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.22 ± 0.11</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,534,555]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.50 ± 0.15</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,534,555]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.05 ± 0.16</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,534,555]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.73 ± 0.16</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,562,583]" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,562,583]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">all specimens</th>
<td box="[523,633,562,583]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
4.34.9,
<emphasis box="[609,633,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">22</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[652,762,562,583]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
6.36.7,
<emphasis box="[737,761,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">22</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[780,890,562,583]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
5.86.2,
<emphasis box="[866,890,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">22</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[909,1019,562,583]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
7.07.4,
<emphasis box="[994,1018,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">21</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,562,583]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
7.17.8,
<emphasis box="[1126,1150,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">22</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,562,583]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
4.75.2,
<emphasis box="[1262,1286,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">22</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,562,583]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
5.46.0,
<emphasis box="[1391,1415,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">22</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,595,616]" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,595,616]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[151,289,595,616]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[151,289,595,616]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[523,633,595,616]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.61 ± 0.19</td>
<td box="[652,762,595,616]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.71 ± 0.15</td>
<td box="[780,890,595,616]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.18 ± 0.11</td>
<td box="[909,1019,595,616]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.36 ± 0.10</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,595,616]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.67 ± 0.09</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,595,616]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.04 ± 0.09</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,595,616]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.87 ± 0.21</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,623,644]" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rowspan-0="1">
<td box="[523,633,623,644]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
4.34.9,
<emphasis box="[609,633,623,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[652,762,623,644]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
6.47.0,
<emphasis box="[737,761,623,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[780,890,623,644]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
6.06.4,
<emphasis box="[866,890,623,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[909,1019,623,644]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
7.27.4,
<emphasis box="[994,1018,623,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,623,644]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
7.57.8,
<emphasis box="[1126,1150,623,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,623,644]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
4.85.1,
<emphasis box="[1262,1286,623,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,623,644]" gridcol="7" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
5.56.4,
<emphasis box="[1391,1415,623,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,656,677]" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,656,677]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sanborn" authorityYear="1931" box="[151,276,656,677]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnater">
<emphasis box="[151,276,656,677]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[523,633,656,677]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.20 ± 0.19</td>
<td box="[652,762,656,677]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7.37 ± 0.21</td>
<td box="[780,890,656,677]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.72 ± 0.10</td>
<td box="[909,1019,656,677]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">8.06 ± 0.11</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,656,677]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">8.31 ± 0.25</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,656,677]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.68 ± 0.11</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,656,677]" gridcol="7" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.28 ± 0.18</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,685,706]" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rowspan-0="1">
<td box="[523,633,685,706]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
4.85.5,
<emphasis box="[609,633,685,706]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">13</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[652,762,685,706]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
7.17.7,
<emphasis box="[737,761,685,706]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">13</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[780,890,685,706]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
6.56.9,
<emphasis box="[866,890,685,706]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">13</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[909,1019,685,706]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
7.98.2,
<emphasis box="[994,1018,685,706]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">12</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,685,706]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
7.678.72,
<emphasis box="[1138,1162,685,706]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">12</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,685,706]" gridcol="6" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
5.45.8,
<emphasis box="[1262,1286,685,706]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">12</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,685,706]" gridcol="7" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
5.96.6,
<emphasis box="[1391,1415,685,706]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">12</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,717,738]" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<th box="[151,508,717,738]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[151,259,717,738]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[151,259,717,738]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td box="[523,633,717,738]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.13 ± 0.06</td>
<td box="[652,762,717,738]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.77 ± 0.07</td>
<td box="[780,890,717,738]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.33 ± 0.07</td>
<td box="[909,1019,717,738]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.37 ± 0.09</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,717,738]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">6.72 ± 0.08</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,717,738]" gridcol="6" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.50 ± 0.01</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,717,738]" gridcol="7" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">5.12 ± 0.11</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[151,1416,746,767]" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rowspan-0="1">
<td box="[523,633,746,767]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
4.04.2,
<emphasis box="[615,627,746,767]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[652,762,746,767]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
5.65.8,
<emphasis box="[743,755,746,767]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[780,890,746,767]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
5.25.4,
<emphasis box="[872,884,746,767]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[909,1019,746,767]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
6.26.4,
<emphasis box="[1000,1012,746,767]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1030,1162,746,767]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
6.66.8,
<emphasis box="[1132,1144,746,767]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1177,1287,746,767]" gridcol="6" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
4.44.5,
<emphasis box="[1268,1280,746,767]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">7</emphasis>
</td>
<td box="[1305,1416,746,767]" gridcol="7" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">4.95.2, 7</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="13.[151,764,858,1973]" lastBlockId="13.[809,1422,858,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
According to the published records, distribution ranges of
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<emphasis box="[269,421,994,1020]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. magnater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[481,613,994,1020]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[481,613,994,1020]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are overlapping with the range of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[417,585,1028,1054]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[417,585,1028,1054]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at the northern parts of South Asia. Further, ranges of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[625,763,1062,1088]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[625,763,1062,1088]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[151,244,1096,1122]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dobson" authorityYear="1876" box="[306,439,1096,1122]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis box="[306,439,1096,1122]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are overlapping in Central and South
<collectingCountry box="[278,338,1130,1156]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
(Srinivasulu and
<bibRefCitation author="SRINIVASULU, C. &amp; B. SRINIVASULU" box="[548,759,1130,1156]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" refId="ref14925" refString="SRINIVASULU, C., and B. SRINIVASULU. 2012. South Asian mammals: their diversity, distribution, and status. Springer Science + Business Media, New York, 467 pp." type="book" year="2012">Srinivasulu, 2012</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="SAIKIA, U." box="[151,304,1164,1190]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="242 - 280" refId="ref14326" refString="SAIKIA, U. 2018. A review of chiropterological studies and a distributional list of the bat fauna of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118: 242 - 280" type="journal article" year="2018">Saikia, 2018</bibRefCitation>
; Ibáñez and Juste, 2019). The historic and current range of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[424,566,1198,1224]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[424,566,1198,1224]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[580,678,1198,1224]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in
<collectingCountry name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
was assessed by
<bibRefCitation author="KUSUMINDA, T. &amp; A. MANNAKKARA &amp; M. KARUNARATHNA &amp; C. AMARASINGHE &amp; B. D. PATTERSON &amp; W. B. YAPA" box="[456,763,1232,1258]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="152 - 162" refId="ref12985" refString="KUSUMINDA, T., A. MANNAKKARA, M. KARUNARATHNA, C. AMARASINGHE, B. D. PATTERSON, and W. B. YAPA. 2020. Review of the distribution of Sri Lankan bats: family Miniopteridae. WILDLANKA, 8: 152 - 162." type="journal article" year="2020">
Kusuminda
<emphasis box="[605,671,1232,1258]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
(2020)
</bibRefCitation>
under the name
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[340,545,1266,1292]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[340,372,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis box="[416,545,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. According to that study,
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[230,368,1300,1326]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[230,368,1300,1326]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[378,471,1300,1326]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
has been recorded from 29 localities representing Central,
<collectingRegion box="[577,629,1334,1360]" country="Sri Lanka" name="Uva" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Uva</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion country="Sri Lanka" name="Sabaragamuwa" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sabaragamuwa</collectingRegion>
, Western, North-western, and Northern provinces of
<collectingCountry box="[249,366,1402,1428]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
, although the majority were in the first three provinces. Further, they reported an elevational range of
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a.s.l., extending across all three elevation regions (highlands, midlands and lowlands) and all three climatic regions (wet zone, intermediate zone and dry zone) of
<collectingCountry box="[637,764,1573,1599]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="KUSUMINDA, T. &amp; A. MANNAKKARA &amp; M. KARUNARATHNA &amp; C. AMARASINGHE &amp; B. D. PATTERSON &amp; W. B. YAPA" box="[159,448,1607,1633]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="152 - 162" refId="ref12985" refString="KUSUMINDA, T., A. MANNAKKARA, M. KARUNARATHNA, C. AMARASINGHE, B. D. PATTERSON, and W. B. YAPA. 2020. Review of the distribution of Sri Lankan bats: family Miniopteridae. WILDLANKA, 8: 152 - 162." type="journal article" year="2020">
Kusuminda
<emphasis box="[306,367,1607,1633]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
, 2020
</bibRefCitation>
). Prior to the discovery of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,289,1641,1667]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[151,289,1641,1667]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[299,394,1641,1667]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[409,579,1641,1667]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[409,579,1641,1667]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[589,708,1641,1667]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
was recorded from
<collectingRegion box="[347,586,1675,1701]" country="India" name="Arunachal Pradesh" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Arunachal Pradesh</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[608,759,1675,1701]" country="India" name="Maharashtra" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Maharashtra</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[151,239,1709,1735]" country="India" name="Sikkim" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[259,410,1709,1735]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[431,579,1709,1735]" country="India" name="Uttarakhand" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Uttarakhand</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[599,759,1709,1735]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[151,378,1743,1769]" country="India" name="Himachal Pradesh" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Himachal Pradesh</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[399,570,1743,1769]" country="India" name="Uttar Pradesh" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Uttar Pradesh</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion box="[646,724,1743,1769]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Kerala</collectingRegion>
in
<collectingCountry box="[151,211,1777,1803]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
(Bates and Harrison, 1997;
<bibRefCitation author="MOLUR, S. &amp; G. MARIMUTHU &amp; C. SRINIVASULU &amp; S. MISTRY &amp; A. M. HUTSON &amp; P. J. J. BATES &amp; S. WALKER &amp; K. PADMA PRIYA &amp; A. R. BINU PRIYA" box="[543,759,1777,1803]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" refId="ref13423" refString="MOLUR, S., G. MARIMUTHU, C. SRINIVASULU, S. MISTRY, A. M. HUTSON, P. J. J. BATES, S. WALKER, K. PADMA PRIYA, and A. R. BINU PRIYA. 2002. Status of South Asian Chiroptera: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C. A. M. P.) Workshop Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG South Asia and WILD, Coimbatore, 320 pp." type="book" year="2002">
Molur
<emphasis box="[623,682,1777,1803]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
, 2002
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="SAIKIA, U." box="[151,305,1811,1837]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="242 - 280" refId="ref14326" refString="SAIKIA, U. 2018. A review of chiropterological studies and a distributional list of the bat fauna of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118: 242 - 280" type="journal article" year="2018">Saikia, 2018</bibRefCitation>
). This range can be split into two subregions: 1) localities in
<collectingRegion box="[452,676,1845,1871]" country="India" name="Himachal Pradesh" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Himachal Pradesh</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion country="India" name="Uttarakhand" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Uttarakhand</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[253,418,1879,1905]" country="India" name="Uttar Pradesh" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Uttar Pradesh</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[432,520,1879,1905]" country="India" name="Sikkim" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[532,759,1879,1905]" country="India" name="Arunachal Pradesh" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Arunachal Pradesh</collectingRegion>
, and hilly region of
<collectingRegion box="[376,524,1913,1939]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
resembling the
<typeStatus box="[713,764,1913,1939]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">type</typeStatus>
locality of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[278,446,1947,1973]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[278,446,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in temperate forest biomes and temperate climatic conditions of
<collectingCountry box="[1254,1314,858,884]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation box="[1333,1405,858,884]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[151,164,1894,1915]" captionTargetBox="[151,1421,1156,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-208@7.[151,1421,1155,1877]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 3. Map of South and Southeast Asia showing sampling localities of M. phillipsi sp. nov. and Miniopterus specimens of mainland Asia mentioned in this study with biomes of ecoregions (Dinerstein et al., 2017). Type locality of M. phillipsi sp. nov. is marked by a black star" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859630" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859630/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
), and 2) locations in
<collectingRegion box="[1100,1252,892,918]" country="India" name="Maharashtra" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Maharashtra</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion box="[1340,1421,892,918]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Kerala</collectingRegion>
(Peninsular
<collectingCountry box="[949,1011,926,952]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
) being similar to
<collectingCountry box="[1214,1328,926,952]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
in tropical moist forest biome and tropical climatic conditions of
<collectingCountry box="[909,969,994,1020]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[1031,1147,994,1020]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation box="[1166,1239,994,1020]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[151,164,1894,1915]" captionTargetBox="[151,1421,1156,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-208@7.[151,1421,1155,1877]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 3. Map of South and Southeast Asia showing sampling localities of M. phillipsi sp. nov. and Miniopterus specimens of mainland Asia mentioned in this study with biomes of ecoregions (Dinerstein et al., 2017). Type locality of M. phillipsi sp. nov. is marked by a black star" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859630" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7859630/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). The presence of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[846,986,1028,1054]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[846,986,1028,1054]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[998,1094,1028,1054]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in Robbers Cave demonstrates that this species occurs in southern
<collectingCountry box="[1354,1418,1062,1088]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
. However, a thorough investigation is needed to assess the extent and range limits of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1238,1377,1130,1156]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1238,1377,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in
<collectingCountry box="[904,964,1164,1190]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
as well as to determine the southern limits of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hodgson" authorityYear="1835" box="[916,1085,1198,1224]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Vespertilio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis box="[916,1085,1198,1224]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The distribution of the new species in Peninsular
<collectingCountry box="[1072,1132,1232,1258]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[1196,1313,1232,1258]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
also underscores the biogeographic cohesion of the Western Ghats and
<collectingCountry box="[934,1048,1300,1326]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
Biodiversity Hotspot (
<bibRefCitation author="MYERS, N. &amp; R. A. MITTERMEIER &amp; C. G. MITTERMEIER &amp; G. A. B. DA FONSECA &amp; J. KENT" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="853 - 858" refId="ref13640" refString="MYERS, N., R. A. MITTERMEIER, C. G. MITTERMEIER, G. A. B. DA FONSECA, and J. KENT. 2000. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature, 403: 853 - 858." type="journal article" year="2000">
Myers
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al</emphasis>
., 2000
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="13.[809,1422,858,1973]" lastBlockId="14.[151,764,860,1639]" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
The description of
<taxonomicName authority="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson, 2022" authorityName="Kusuminda &amp; Mannakkara &amp; Ukuwela &amp; Kruskop &amp; Amarasinghe &amp; Saikia &amp; Venugopal &amp; Karunarathna &amp; Gamage &amp; Ruedi &amp; Csorba &amp; Yapa &amp; Patterson" authorityYear="2022" box="[1088,1229,1368,1394]" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phillipsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1088,1229,1368,1394]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">M. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1243,1340,1368,1394]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
offers a new name for the
<taxonomicName box="[1040,1275,1402,1428]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis box="[1040,1183,1402,1428]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Miniopterus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
long known from
<collectingCountry box="[881,1006,1436,1462]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
, while increasing the number of
<taxonomicName box="[809,1047,1471,1497]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis box="[809,952,1471,1497]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Miniopterus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
known from
<collectingCountry box="[1215,1275,1471,1497]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
to four. We also wish to highlight that this is the first
<taxonomicName pageId="13" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Miniopterus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
to be described from Asia in six decades (Laurie and Hill, 1957;
<bibRefCitation author="RUEDI, M. &amp; J. BISWAS &amp; O. CHACHULA &amp; T. ARBENZ" box="[1187,1412,1573,1599]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" refId="ref14090" refString="RUEDI, M., J. BISWAS, O. CHACHULA, and T. ARBENZ. 2012 a. A winter survey of bats from the Jaintia Hills with a synopsis of their diversity in Meghalaya. Pp. 87 - 105, in Cave pearls of Meghalaya. Volume 1: Pala Range and Kopili Valley (T. ARBENZ, ed.). Abode of Cloud Project, Switzerland, 265 pp." type="book" year="2012">
Ruedi
<emphasis box="[1265,1323,1573,1599]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
, 2012
<emphasis box="[1397,1412,1573,1599]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
) and from
<collectingCountry box="[940,1000,1607,1633]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[1075,1198,1607,1633]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
in eight decades (
<bibRefCitation author="SANBORN, C. C." box="[817,995,1641,1667]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="7 - 29" refId="ref14466" refString="SANBORN, C. C. 1931. Bats from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 18: 7 - 29." type="journal article" year="1931">Sanborn, 1931</bibRefCitation>
). It is also the first bat species to be newly described from
<collectingCountry box="[1069,1183,1675,1701]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
since the golden era of Sri Lankan bat studies led by W. W. A. Phillips nearly a century ago (
<bibRefCitation author="PHILLIPS, W. W. A." box="[1086,1258,1743,1769]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="448 - 452" refId="ref13687" refString="PHILLIPS, W. W. A. 1922. Notes on the habits of some Ceylon bats. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 28: 448 - 452." type="journal article" year="1922">Phillips, 1922</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="PHILLIPS, W. W. A." box="[1276,1337,1743,1769]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="154 - 156" refId="ref13719" refString="PHILLIPS, W. W. A. 1923. Further notes on some Ceylon bats. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 29: 154 - 156." type="journal article" year="1923">1923</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="PHILLIPS, W. W. A." box="[1355,1416,1743,1769]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="1 - 63" refId="ref13749" refString="PHILLIPS, W. W. A. 1924. A guide to the mammals of Ceylon: Chiroptera. Spolia Zeylanica, 13: 1 - 63." type="journal article" year="1924">1924</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="PHILLIPS, W. W. A." box="[809,870,1777,1803]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="329 - 335" refId="ref13778" refString="PHILLIPS, W. W. A. 1932. Additions to the fauna of Ceylon No. 2. Some new and interesting bats from the hills of the central province. Spolia Zeylanica, 16: 329 - 335." type="journal article" year="1932">1932</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="PHILLIPS, W. W. A." box="[887,948,1777,1803]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" refId="ref13820" refString="PHILLIPS, W. W. A. 1935. Manual of the mammals of Ceylon. Colombo Museum, Colombo, xxvii + 373 pp. + 38 plates." type="book" year="1935">1935</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="PHILLIPS, W. W. A." box="[964,1027,1777,1803]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" refId="ref13851" refString="PHILLIPS, W. W. A. 1980. Manual of the mammals of Sri Lanka, Part 1. Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 116 pp." type="book" year="1980">1980</bibRefCitation>
). Other additions to islands bat fauna involved species recorded elsewhere from Asia (a hipposiderid by Bates and Harrison, 1997; a pteropodid by
<bibRefCitation author="MAPATUNA, Y. &amp; M. B. GUNASEKARA &amp; W. D. RATNASOORIYA &amp; N. C. W. GOONESEKERE &amp; P. J. J. BATES" box="[998,1255,1879,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="321 - 337" refId="ref13353" refString="MAPATUNA, Y., M. B. GUNASEKARA, W. D. RATNASOORIYA, N. C. W. GOONESEKERE, and P. J. J. BATES. 2002. Unraveling the taxonomic status of the genus Cynopterus (Chiropters: Pteropodidae) in Sri Lanka by multivariate morphometrics and mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis. Mammalian Biology, 67: 321 - 337." type="journal article" year="2002">
Mapatuna
<emphasis box="[1121,1179,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
, 2002
</bibRefCitation>
; and a vespertilionid by
<bibRefCitation author="EDIRISINGHE, G. &amp; T. SURASINGHE &amp; D. GABADAGE &amp; M. BOTEJUE &amp; K. PERERA &amp; M. MADAWALA &amp; D. WEERAKOON" box="[962,1278,1913,1939]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="139 - 162" refId="ref11742" refString="EDIRISINGHE, G., T. SURASINGHE, D. GABADAGE, M. BOTEJUE, K. PERERA, M. MADAWALA, D. WEERAKOON, and S. KARUNA- RATHNA. 2018. Chiropteran diversity in the peripheral areas of the Maduru-Oya National Park in Sri Lanka: insights for conservation and management. ZooKeys, 784: 139 - 162." type="journal article" year="2018">
Edirisinghe
<emphasis box="[1118,1188,1913,1939]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
, 2018
</bibRefCitation>
). Recently,
<bibRefCitation author="EDIRISINGHE, G. &amp; T. SURASINGHE &amp; D. GABADAGE &amp; M. BOTEJUE &amp; K. PERERA &amp; M. MADAWALA &amp; D. WEERAKOON" box="[809,1117,1947,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="13" pagination="139 - 162" refId="ref11742" refString="EDIRISINGHE, G., T. SURASINGHE, D. GABADAGE, M. BOTEJUE, K. PERERA, M. MADAWALA, D. WEERAKOON, and S. KARUNA- RATHNA. 2018. Chiropteran diversity in the peripheral areas of the Maduru-Oya National Park in Sri Lanka: insights for conservation and management. ZooKeys, 784: 139 - 162." type="journal article" year="2018">
Edirisinghe
<emphasis box="[959,1025,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
(2018)
</bibRefCitation>
reported a specimen of
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[151,401,860,886]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Phoniscus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jagorii">
<emphasis box="[151,272,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Phoniscus</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis box="[321,401,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">jagorii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry box="[444,563,860,886]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
, based solely on its external morphology. Certainly, molecular analyses and detailed craniodental investigations are warranted to resolve its relationships to known species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1905" box="[238,359,997,1023]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Phoniscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[238,359,997,1023]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Phoniscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the only previous study to use molecular techniques to assess the taxonomic status of bats in
<collectingCountry box="[280,402,1065,1091]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
,
<bibRefCitation author="MAPATUNA, Y. &amp; M. B. GUNASEKARA &amp; W. D. RATNASOORIYA &amp; N. C. W. GOONESEKERE &amp; P. J. J. BATES" box="[418,700,1065,1091]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" pagination="321 - 337" refId="ref13353" refString="MAPATUNA, Y., M. B. GUNASEKARA, W. D. RATNASOORIYA, N. C. W. GOONESEKERE, and P. J. J. BATES. 2002. Unraveling the taxonomic status of the genus Cynopterus (Chiropters: Pteropodidae) in Sri Lanka by multivariate morphometrics and mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis. Mammalian Biology, 67: 321 - 337." type="journal article" year="2002">
Mapatuna
<emphasis box="[547,610,1065,1091]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
(2002)
</bibRefCitation>
confirmed the existence of two distinct species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="F. Cuvier" authorityYear="1824" box="[151,286,1134,1160]" class="Mammalia" family="Pteropodidae" genus="Cynopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[151,286,1134,1160]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Cynopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the country. The use of DNA barcoding and detailed morphological and morphometric analysis has accelerated the rate of species discovery in East and Southeast Asia (
<bibRefCitation author="SOISOOK, P. &amp; A. PRAJAKJITR &amp; S. KARAPAN &amp; C. M. FRANCIS &amp; P. J. J. BATES" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" pagination="528 - 550" refId="ref14611" refString="SOISOOK, P., A. PRAJAKJITR, S. KARAPAN, C. M. FRANCIS, and P. J. J. BATES. 2015. A new genus and species of false vampire (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) from peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa, 3931: 528 - 550." type="journal article" year="2015">
Soisook
<emphasis box="[689,756,1236,1262]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
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,
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, 2017;
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Kuo
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Ruedi
<emphasis box="[693,756,1271,1297]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
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;
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Tu
<emphasis box="[263,322,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
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;
<bibRefCitation author="YU, W. &amp; G. CSORBA &amp; Y. WU" box="[409,582,1305,1331]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" pagination="70 - 77" refId="ref15561" refString="YU, W., G. CSORBA, and Y. WU. 2020. Tube-nosed variations - a new species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from China. Zoological Research, 41: 70 - 77." type="journal article" year="2020">
Yu
<emphasis box="[449,507,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
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) and to a lesser extent in South Asia (
<bibRefCitation author="RUEDI, M. &amp; J. BISWAS &amp; G. CSORBA" box="[411,643,1339,1365]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" pagination="111 - 135" refId="ref14168" refString="RUEDI, M., J. BISWAS, and G. CSORBA. 2012 b. Bats from the wet: two new species of tube-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Meghalaya, India. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119: 111 - 135." type="journal article" year="2012">
Ruedi
<emphasis box="[492,553,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[628,643,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">b</emphasis>
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;
<bibRefCitation author="SAIKIA, U. &amp; G. CSORBA &amp; M. RUEDI" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" pagination="83 - 89" refId="ref14361" refString="SAIKIA, U., G. CSORBA, and M. RUEDI. 2017. First records of Hypsugo joffrei (Thomas, 1915) and the revision of Philetor brachypterus (Temminck, 1840) specimens (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Indian Subcontinent. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 124: 83 - 89." type="journal article" year="2017">
Saikia
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
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;
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Srinivasulu
<emphasis box="[421,476,1373,1399]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al</emphasis>
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,
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Thong
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;
<bibRefCitation author="CHAKRAVARTY, R. &amp; M. RUEDI &amp; F. ISHTIAQ" box="[271,563,1408,1434]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" pagination="197 - 224" refId="ref11317" refString="CHAKRAVARTY, R., M. RUEDI, and F. ISHTIAQ. 2020. A recent survey of bats with descriptions of echolocation calls and new records from the western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. Acta Chiropterologica, 22: 197 - 224." type="journal article" year="2020">
Chakravarty
<emphasis box="[424,484,1408,1434]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
). Genetic studies on Indian and Sri Lankan bats is yet to catch up when compared to those in neighboring regions (
<bibRefCitation author="SAIKIA, U." box="[159,314,1510,1536]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" pagination="242 - 280" refId="ref14326" refString="SAIKIA, U. 2018. A review of chiropterological studies and a distributional list of the bat fauna of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118: 242 - 280" type="journal article" year="2018">Saikia, 2018</bibRefCitation>
). Our study highlights the importance of using both morphometric analysis and molecular techniques in taxonomic studies on South Asian bats.
</paragraph>
</subSection>
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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