INVESTIGADORES
GIMENEZ Analia Laura
artículos
Título:
Geographic and potential distribution of a poorly known South American bat, Histiotus macrotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Autor/es:
GIMÉNEZ ANALÍA LAURA; GIANNINI NORBERTO PEDRO; SCHIAFFINI MAURO IGNACIO; MARTIN GABRIEL MARIO
Revista:
ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA
Editorial:
POLISH ACAD SCIENCES
Referencias:
Lugar: Bialowieza; Año: 2015 vol. 17
ISSN:
1508-1109
Resumen:
The vespertilionid bat Histiotus macrotus occurs in western Argentina, central regions of Chile and south of Argentina and Chile,and it may be also present in Bolivia and southern Peru. In this work, we analyzed the geographic and potential distribution ofa poorly known species of South American bat. As a tool, environmental niche modeling has been used to study the distributionalpatterns of species and more recently, taxonomic boundaries of cryptic species. We used MaxEnt v 3.3.e, Worldclim database anda vegetation map, covering the entire area of species? occurrence. We registered 64 localities from Argentina (43), Chile (10), Peru(8) and Bolivia (5). We divided recording localities in different datasets according to several taxonomic schemes, and analyzedpotential distribution models separately (i.e., all known records; Argentina-Chile; Peru) in five different models. Models includingall known localities showed a disjoint distribution, with two basic core areas of high predictive values, one in NW Argentina andanother in southern Chile and SW Argentina separated by the South American Arid Diagonal. A third area appeared in Atacama andSechura deserts in the models that included Peruvian and Bolivian localities. Model including only Peruvian localities showed theopposite pattern, with high predictive values only in arid environments from southern Peru. We interpreted that localities correctlyassigned to H. macrotus belong to a taxonomic complex distributed in two contrasting areas, each one inhabited by a different taxon:1) Bolivia and NW Argentina and 2) S and central Chile and SW Argentina. Given the systematic uncertainty of Histiotus, these twoforms might be sister species or may not share an immediate common ancestor within the genus. Further, we consider that thespecimens from localities referred to H. macrotus from southern Peru should be revised. These alternatives await a comprehensivemolecular phylogenetic analysis of Histiotus.