Miniopterus phillipsi
Kusuminda, Mannakkara, Ukuwela, Kruskop, Amarasinghe, Saikia, Venugopal, Karunarathna, R. Gamage, Ruedi, Csorba, W. B. Yapa, & B. D. Patterson, 2022
Phillips's Long-fingered Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Miniopteridae |
| Genus | : Miniopterus |
Species status
Authority citation
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. and Patterson, B.D. 2022-08-18. DNA barcoding and morphological analyses reveal a cryptic species of Miniopterus from India and Sri Lanka. Acta Chiropterologica 24(1):1-17.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2022.24.1.001Original name as described
Miniopterus phillipsi
Type material
CNM 2021.03.01.NH
Type kind
holotype
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."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India · Sri Lanka
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Kusuminda, T., Mannakkara, A., Ukuwela, K. D., Kruskop, S. V., Amarasinghe, C. J., Saikia, U., ... & 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.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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