| Abstract: | Platyrrhinus is a diverse genus of small to large phyllostomid bats characterized by a comparatively narrow uropatagium thickly fringed with hair, a white dorsal stripe, comparatively large inner upper incisors that are convergent at the tips, and three upper and three lower molars. Eighteen species are currently recognized, the majority occurring in the Andes. Molecular, morphological, and morphometric analyses of specimens formerly identified as Platyrrhinus helleri support recognition of Platyrrhinus incarum as a separate species and reveal the presence of two species from western and northern South America that we describe herein as new (Platyrrhinus angustirostris sp. nov. from eastern Colombia and Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, and Venezuela and Platyrrhinus fusciventris sp. nov. from Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and southern Venezuela). These two new species are sister taxa and, in turn, sister to Platyrrhinus incarum. |
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| ProdID: | 70003400 |
| Citation Author: | Velazco, Paul M.; Gardner, Alfred L.; Patterson, Bruce D. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species; 2010; Article; Journal; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Velazco, Paul M.; Gardner, Alfred L.; Patterson, Bruce D. |
| Citation Start Page: | 785 |
| Citation Volume: | 159 |
| Citation Year: | 2010 |
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| Text: | Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species; 2010; Article; Journal; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Velazco, Paul M.; Gardner, Alfred L.; Patterson, Bruce D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00610.x |
| Date Other: | Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:09 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Linnean Society of London |
