Gene Flow Increases Phylogenetic Structure and Inflates Cryptic Species Estimations: A Case Study on Widespread Philippine Puddle Frogs (Occidozyga laevis)

KO Chan, CR Hutter, PL Wood Jr, YC Su… - Systematic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In cryptic amphibian complexes, there is a growing trend to equate high levels of genetic
structure with hidden cryptic species diversity. Typically, phylogenetic structure and distance …

A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species

A Monadjem, TC Demos, DL Dalton… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Vespertilionidae (class Mammalia) constitutes the largest family of bats, with~ 500 described
species. Nonetheless, the systematic relationships within this family are poorly known …

Ecology and host identity outweigh evolutionary history in sha** the bat microbiome

HL Lutz, EW Jackson, PW Webala, WS Babyesiza… - Msystems, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent studies of mammalian microbiomes have identified strong phylogenetic effects on
bacterial community composition. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) are among the most …

Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics

TC Demos, PW Webala, SM Goodman… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background The Old World insectivorous bat genus Rhinolophus is highly
speciose. Over the last 15 years, the number of its recognized species has grown from 77 to …

Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species

BD Patterson, TC Demos, L Torrent… - Journal of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Roughly a third of all horseshoe bat species (Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus) are found in
Africa, where a recent continent-wide genetic survey suggested the presence of both …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary relationships and population genetics of the Afrotropical leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae)

BD Patterson, PW Webala, TH Lavery, BR Agwanda… - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Old World leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae) are aerial and gleaning
insectivores that occur throughout the Paleotropics. Both their taxonomic and phylogenetic …

Molecular and morphological data suggest a new species of big-eared bat (Vespertilionidae: Corynorhinus) endemic to northeastern Mexico

IL López-Cuamatzi, J Ortega, SM Ospina-Garcés… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Corynorhinus mexicanus is an insectivorous bat endemic to Mexico that inhabits the high
and humid regions of the Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO), the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt …

Ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of African-Malagasy bent-winged bats (Miniopterus)

TC Demos, PW Webala, SM Goodman… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
African-Malagasy species of the bat genus Miniopterus are notable both for the dramatic
increase in the number of newly recognized species over the last 15 years, as well as for the …

Genetic variation and relationships among Afrotropical species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

BD Patterson, PW Webala… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The genus Myotis is nearly cosmopolitan and the second-most speciose genus of mammals,
but its Afrotropical members are few and poorly known. We analyzed phylogenetic and …

Molecular phylogenetics of slit‐faced bats (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) reveal deeply divergent African lineages

TC Demos, PW Webala… - Journal of Zoological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The bat family Nycteridae contains only the genus Nycteris, which comprises 13 currently
recognized species from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, one species from Madagascar …