A new Pipistrelle bat from the oceanic Island of Principe (Western Central Africa).

ABSTRACT: We describe a population of pipistrelle-like bats from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Western Central Africa) as a new species based on the molecular and morphological characteristics of six specimens collected more than 30 years ago. The description of this new species was not possible until the traditionally entangled systematics of the whole pipistrelle group was clarified in recent years with the inclusion of molecular techniques and adequate species sampling. In this new taxonomic framework, the new species was clearly included within the dark-winged group of the recently described genus Pseudoromicia. The pipistrelles from Príncipe Island present a moderately inflated skull in lateral view with inner upper incisors that are moderately bicuspids and a baculum distinctly long

SUBMITTER: Juste J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10075340 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature