Systematic status of African populations of Pipistrellus pipistrellus complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with a description of a new species from Cyrenaica, Libya

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-217

  Benda, Petr ^a   Hulva, Pavel ^b   Gaisler, Jiří ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Africa; Cytochrome b; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Morphometry; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Pipistrellus pygmaeus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAT; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

AFRICA; CYRENAICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS HANAKI; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 12944252810     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/001.006.0202     Document Type: Article

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