Miniopterus phillipsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species: Miniopterus phillipsi

Name

Miniopterus phillipsi Kusuminda, Mannakkara, Ukuwela, Kruskop, Amarasinghe, Saikia, Venugopal, Karunarathna, Gamage, Ruedi, Csorba, Yapa & Patterson, 2022: 4

• Holotype: NMSL 2021.03.01.NH (field no. TK0122), adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Tharaka Kusuminda and Mathisha Karunarathne on 29 January 2019.
• Type locality: “Idulgashinna cave, near Idulgashinna railway station (6.779131 N, 80.896704 E; 1590 m a.s.l. ...), at an edge of Dunkanda division of Bio Tea Garden tea plantation in the Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka”.

References

Primary references

• Kusuminda, T., Mannakkara, A., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Kruskop, S.V., Amarasinghe, C.J., Saikia, U., Venugopal, P., Karunarathna, M., Gamage, R., Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Yapa, W.B. & Patterson, B.D. 2022. DNA barcoding and morphological analyses reveal a cryptic species of Miniopterus from India and Sri Lanka. Acta Chiropterologica 24(1): 1–17. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2022.24.1.001 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Phillips's Long-fingered Bat