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Molecular phylogeny of hipposiderid bats ( C hiroptera: H ipposideridae) from S olomon I slands and C ape Y ork P eninsula, A ustralia
Author(s) -
Lavery Tyrone H.,
Leung Luke K.P.,
Seddon Jennifer M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/zsc.12068
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , phylogenetics , gene , species complex , taxonomy (biology) , evolutionary biology , zoology , genetics
Throughout the O ld W orld T ropics, examples of cryptic diversity have been demonstrated in leaf‐nosed bats from the F amily H ipposideridae. In addition to cryptic diversity, the widespread distributions and graded morphologies of some species render the taxonomy of this family poorly resolved. We used sequences of the mitochondrial gene ND 2 and the nuclear gene RAG 1 to reconstruct molecular phylogenetic relationships for hipposiderid species. Specimens from S olomon I sland and C ape Y ork P eninsula, A ustralia, were sequenced and combined with published sequences from S outheast A sia. Our results suggest the presence of undescribed diversity in northern A ustralia. Sequences of ND 2 and RAG 1 for samples of C ape Y ork H ipposideros ater were distinct from those of S outheast A sia, with corrected sequence divergence estimates for the mitochondrial gene exceeding 23%. In comparison, there was no cryptic diversity detected in Solomon Island specimens when compared to conspecifics from S outheast A sia. On the contrary, three species members of the diadema morphological group from the region exhibit variability in the mitochondrial gene ND 2, far below that of other species included in the analyses.