Acta Chiropterologica, 17(2): 201–232, 2015 PL ISSN 1508-1109 © Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS doi: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.001 A new species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam with a review of the subfamily Murininae in Vietnam NGUYEN TRUONG SON1, 8, GABOR CSORBA2, VUONG TAN TU1, VU DINH THONG1, YI WU3, MASASHI HARADA4, TATSUO OSHIDA5, HIDEKI ENDO6, and MASAHARU MOTOKAWA7 1Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St., Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam 2Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H1088 Budapest, Baross u.13, Hungary 3College of Life Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China 4Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan 5Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan 6The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 7The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan 8Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected] The subfamily Murininae has high species diversity in Vietnam, but taxonomic studies are limited. In this paper, we describe a new species of the genus Murina based on a specimen collected from Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It is a medium-sized species with ‘suilla-type’ dentition. A taxonomic review of Murininae from Vietnam was also conducted based on combined morphological, DNA, and karyological characteristics. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit (COI) gene supported the subfamily Murininae, while the genus Murina proved to be paraphyletic in relation to the genera Harpiocephalus and Harpiola. Fourteen species of the genus Murina, one species of Harpiocephalus, and one species of Harpiola are recognized from Vietnam. Murina tiensa is regarded as a junior synonym of M. harrisoni; strong sexual dimorphism was observed in M. harrisoni. Relations between forearm length and total length of skull showed different trends among species and sexes. Karyotypes of Murina huttoni, M. cyclotis, M. lorelieae, M. beelzebub, M. feae, and Harpiola isodon were 2n = 44, FN = 50, while that of Harpiocephalus harpia was 2n = 44, FN = 52. Key words: DNA barcode, karyotype, morphology, taxonomy, tube-nosed bats INTRODUCTION (Csorba and Bates, 2005; Bumrungsri et al., 2006; Csorba et al., 2007, 2011; Kruskop and Eger, 2008; Species of the subfamily Murininae are small to Furey et al., 2009; Kuo et al., 2009; Eger and Lim, medium-sized bats of the family Vespertilionidae. 2011; Francis and Eger, 2012; Ruedi et al., 2012; They are distributed throughout Asia from north- Soisook et al., 2013a, 2013b; Tu et al., 2015). eastern Pakistan, eastern Siberia, Korea to Japan to Inventory studies have been recently conducted in northeastern Australia. Diagnostic characters are the many Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand combination of: tubular nostrils, thick and woolly (10 species — Bumrungsri et al., 2006; Soisook, fur, furred forearms, hind limbs, proximal parts of 2011; Soisook et al., 2013a, 2013b), Laos (eight wing membranes, and upper surface of interfemoral species — Francis and Eger, 2012), Cambodia (five membrane; and two premolars in both the upper and species — Csorba and Bates, 2005; Matveev and lower toothrows, where the first premolars are Csorba, 2007; Csorba et al., 2011; Ith et al., 2011), unusually well-developed (Tate, 1941; Corbet and and Myanmar (four species — Bates et al., 2000), Hill, 1992; Koopman, 1994; Simmons, 2005; Kuo et indicating that the genus Murina includes interest- al., 2006, 2009; Francis and Eger, 2012). ing forest bats with high species diversity in Asia. Simmons (2005) listed 17 species of the ge- The subfamily Murininae also includes further nus Murina Gray, 1842 and subsequent studies de- two genera, Harpiocephalus Gray, 1842 and Har - scribed further 21 species, mostly from southern Asia piola Thomas, 1915. The validity of the genus Acta Chiropterologica, 17(2): 233–254, 2015 PL ISSN 1508-1109 © Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS doi: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.002 Description of a new species of the genus Aselliscus (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Vietnam VUONG TAN TU1, 2, 3, 7, GÁBOR CSORBA4, TAMÁS GÖRFÖL4, SATORU ARAI5, NGUYEN TRUONG SON1, HOANG TRUNG THANH6, and ALEXANDRE HASANIN2, 3 1Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoang Quoc Viet road, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, Vietnam 2Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université Paris-6 (UPMC), Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP51, 75005 Paris, France 3Service de Systématique Moléculaire (UMS 2700), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, CP26, 75005 Paris, France 4Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u.13., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary 5Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan 6Faculty of Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, N°334 Nguyen Trai street, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi, Vietnam 7Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected] Trident bats found in mainland Southeast Asia are currently subsumed into a single species, Aselliscus stoliczkanus. In this study, we examined morphological and genetic data from different populations from Southeast Asia, with a special focus on specimens from Vietnam. Our analyses support the existence of a further species of Aselliscus in northeastern Vietnam that separated from A. stoliczkanus sensu lato (s.l.) during the late Miocene. Within the latter taxon, we identified five geographic lineages that diverged from each other during the Plio-Pleistocene epoch. Some of them may also correspond to further separate taxa, but additional molecular and morphological data are needed to test this hypothesis. Herewith, based on the combined evidences we describe the northeastern Vietnamese population as a separate species. Key words: taxonomy, phylogeography, mtDNA, morphology, karst, bat, Southeast Asia INTRODUCTION known to have a slightly longer forearm and tail (Sanborn, 1952). They can be distinguished by sev- Stoliczka’s trident bat, Aselliscus stoliczkanus eral discrete morphological characters: i.e., the (original spelling is Asellia stoliczkana; type local- upper margin of the posterior noseleaf (Zubaid, ity: Penang island, Peninsular Malaysia) (Dobson, 1988); the outline of the rostrum; the extent and po- 1871) is a small species of the family Hipposideri - sition of the upper expansion of the zygoma; and the dae that roosts in caves and forages in cluttered position and relative size of the second lower pre- microhabitats in both intact and disturbed forests molar (Sanborn, 1952). of northern Southeast Asia, from Myanmar and Dobson’s (1871) description was published just southern China in the North through Thailand, Laos before Peters’ (1871) paper, who described a new and Vietnam to Pulau Tioman island, Peninsular trident bat species from Myanmar (without precise Malay sia in the South (Fig. 1) (Lekagul and locality) named Phyllorhina trifida (=A. trifidus), McNeely, 1977; Zubaid, 1988; Struebig et al., 2005; which was then treated as synonym of A. stolicz - Li et al., 2007; Bates et al., 2008; Francis, 2008). Its kanus by Dobson (1876). Later, Osgood (1932) de- sister-species, Aselliscus tricuspidatus, is found on scribed a new species, Triaenops wheeleri from the Molucca Islands, in New Guinea, on the northwestern Vietnam (locality: Muong Muon) also Bismarck Archi pelago, on the Solomon Islands, on considered as a synonym of A. stoliczkanus by sev- Vanuatu and adjacent small islands (Corbet and Hill, eral authors (Tate, 1941; Sanborn, 1952; Corbet and 1992; Simmons, 2005). The two species of Asel - Hill, 1992). Currently, trident bats found in Main - liscus overlap in body size, but A. tricuspidatus was land Southeast Asia are regarded as representatives Acta Chiropterologica, 17(2): 255–282, 2015 PL ISSN 1508-1109 © Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS doi: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003 Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid JAN DECHER1, 8, ANKE HOFFMANN2, JULIANE SCHAER2, 3, RYAN W. NORRIS4, BLAISE KADJO5, JONAS ASTRIN1, ARA MONADJEM6, 7, and RAINER HUTTERER1 1Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany 2Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany 3Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany 4Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, 4240 Campus Dr., Lima, OH 45804, USA 5Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire 6All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland 7Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa 8Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected] Tropical West Africa has a high diversity of bats, which are relatively poorly studied. In this baseline biodiversity assessment of bats in the Simandou