New records of Harpiolaisodon (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from the Chinese mainland

Song Li; Xin Mou; Mengcheng Li; Fengyi Li; Mei Li; Biao Li; Mengjia Li; Xiong Luo; Gábor Csorba; Haochi Kuo

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e120670

New records of Harpiolaisodon (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from the Chinese mainland

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Mar 20:12:e120670. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e120670. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Song Li^{1

2}, Xin Mou², Mengcheng Li³, Fengyi Li⁴, Mei Li⁵, Biao Li⁵, Mengjia Li⁵, Xiong Luo⁵, Gábor Csorba⁶, Haochi Kuo⁷

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
² Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
⁴ 4-D Genomic Dynamics in Ecology and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China 4-D Genomic Dynamics in Ecology and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
⁵ Conservation Area Management Committee of Guanyin Shan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yuanyang, China Conservation Area Management Committee of Guanyin Shan Provincial Nature Reserve Yuanyang China.
⁶ Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13 Hungary.
⁷ Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, China Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica Taipei China.

Abstract

Background: The new species, Harpiolaisodon Kuo et al., 2006, was described from Taiwan, China. So far, no distribution of this species outside Taiwan has been reported.

New information: During two field investigations of small mammals in Guanyin Mountains Provincial Nature Reserve, Yuanyang, Yunnan, China, in April 2022 and May 2023, five individuals of Harpiola were collected in the mid-montane evergreen broad-leaved forest. Our morphological and molecular results reveal that these individuals from the Chinese mainland belong to Harpiolaisodon, extending the occurrence of this species well beyond its known distributions in Taiwan, China and Vietnam.

Keywords: Murininae; Yunnan; distribution; tube-nosed bats.

Song Li, Xin Mou, Mengcheng Li, Fengyi Li, Mei Li, Biao Li, Mengjia Li, Xiong Luo, Gábor Csorba, Haochi Kuo.

Grants and funding

Chiroptera

species diversity and distribution in northwest and southwest of China (No: 2021FY100302), and the Project of Yuanyang Guanyin Mountains Provincial Nature Reserve Integrative Scientific Expedition (E2HX105B).