Fangtastic — a new Hypsugo from Lao PDR and Vietnam

Gabor Csorba — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:29:08 +0000

A long awaited description has finally been done by T. Görföl and his colleagues – a new species of Hypsugo was already mentioned as Hypsugo sp.A in their SE Asian bat barcoding study by Francis et al. in 2010. The species can be readily distinguished from all other SE Asian congeners by its blackish pelage and conspicuously long canines; hence its name H. dolichodon, Long-toothed Pipistrelle. It resembles to H. pulveratus, a widely distributed species in Indochina and although H. dolichodon is presently known from Vietnam and Lao PDR only, it is worth to check previously collected materials as its distribution area may not be limited to the known territory!

Hypsugo dolichodon displaying its rather impressive canines

Skulls of H.dolichodon and H. pulveratus

TAMÁS GÖRFÖL, GÁBOR CSORBA, JUDITH L. EGER, NGUYEN TRUONG SON & CHARLES M. FRANCIS (2014). Canines make the difference: a new species of Hypsugo (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Laos and Vietnam. Zootaxa 3887 (2): 239–250

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New species record for Lao PDR

Joe Chun-Chia Huang — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:52:43 +0000

More species from Lao PDR! A male Hill Fruit bat (Sphaerias blanfordi) was found by a research team of scientists from National University of Laos, Prince of Songkla University, and Harrison Institute from northern Lao PD. The new country record was reported by Bounsavane Douangboubpha and his colleagues, including Dr. Sara Bumrungsri and Dr. Paul Bates, two steering committee members of SEABCRU, and the result was published in the 2012 August issue of Tropical Natural History. This finding is not only the 95th bat species to the country but also fills the gap of its distribution among China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Original citation: Douangboubpha, B., D. Sanamxay, V. Xayaphet, S. Bumrungsri, and P. J. J. Bates. 2012. First record of Sphaerias blanfordi (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Lao PDR. Tropical Natural History, 12(1): 117-122.

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Fangtastic — a new Hypsugo from Lao PDR and Vietnam

New species record for Lao PDR