Two new species of yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira Gray, 1842 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from Costa Rica, Panama and western Ecuador.
Two new species of yellow-shouldered bats Sturnira Gray, 1842 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from Central America and western South America are described using molecular and morphological data. The two new species, which occur in Costa Rica and Panama and in western Ecuador, were previously confused with S. ludovici, and S. lilium and S. luisi, respectively. Sturnira now includes 22 described species, making it the most speciose genus in the Neotropical family Phyllostomidae.
Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA ; Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024, USA.
Paúl M
PM
Velazco
Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
Bruce D
BD
Patterson
Neotropics; Stenodermatinae; Sturnira bakeri; Sturnira burtonlimi; Systematics; Taxonomy