Distribution of Asellia tridens (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) lineages including representatives from Saudi Arabia. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bray, Timothy C.; Benda, Petr
• Is Part Of: Zoology in the Middle East. Volume 62:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 283
• Page End: 287
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Asellia tridens -- phylogeography -- mtDNA -- Arabia; Zoology -- Middle East -- Periodicals; 591.95605
• DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2016.1250708
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0939-7140

Abstract

Abstract : The genus Asellia was recently revised, giving an insight into the genetic and morphological characteristics of a group whose distribution spans from North Africa into Asia. We studied the genus further by considering additional mitochondrial markers and sampling localities. The deepest previously identified split in A. tridens is supported (Middle East/North Africa), along with the association of North and West African lineages. Central Saudi Arabia is found to represent the easternmost extent of a North African haplogroup when considering concatenated fragments of Cytochrome- b, NADH Dehydrogenase 2, and Cytochrome Oxidase 1 genes. New distribution data further emphasises the diversity found in the Middle East and suggests some mixing of haplotypes over long distances.