Leopoldamys edwardsi is a species with wide distribution ranges in southern China but is not discussed in studies on geographic variation and species differentiation.We used 2 mitochondrial(Cytb,CO1)and 3 nuclear(GHR,IRBP and RAG1)genes to clarify species phylogeography and geographical differentiation.Maximum likelihood(ML)and Bayesian phylogenetic inference(BI)trees consistently indicated that L.edwardsi is a species complex containing 3 main lineages with high Kimura-2-parameter(K2P)divergences(i.e.lineages LN,LS and LHN)found in the northern and southern China and Hainan Island,respectively.The 3 species delimitation methods,automated barcoding gap discovery,Bayesian poisson tree process analysis and Bayesian phylogenetics and phylogeography,consistently supported the existence of cryptic species.Divergence times among the main lineages were inferred to be during the Pleistocene,with LHN/LS split at 1.33 Ma and LN/(LHN+LS)at 2.61 Ma;the diversifications of L.edwardsi complex might be caused by the rapid uplifts of Tibetan Plateau,paleoclimate change and complex topography.The divergence between LHN and LS was probably related to the separation of Hainan Island from the mainland via the formation of the Qiongzhou Strait.Lineages LN and(LS+LHN)likely diverged due to the Wuyi-Nanling mountain range forming a dispersal barrier.Our results suggested that L.edwardsi complex contains at least 3 distinct species:LHN represents L.hainanensis,endemic to Hainan Island and previously considered as a subspecies L.e.hainanensis;LS represents a cryptic species distributed throughout the southern Chinese continent;and LN represents the nominotypical species L.edwardsi.
Haotian LILingming KONGKaiyun WANGShuping ZHANGMasaharu MOTOKAWAYi WUWenquan WANGYuchun LI
于2013年分别在广西北流大容山和江西井冈山用蝙蝠竖琴网分别采集到1只和9只蝙蝠标本,主要特征为：体型中型,鼻部前端呈短管状,背部毛基黄褐色,毛尖褐栗色,头骨和牙齿均粗壮。在室内使用Pettersson D500X超声波接收仪录制其静止和飞行状态下的回声定位信号,其超声波为FM型,飞行状态下主频率51.3~59.0 k Hz。根据形态特征鉴定该蝙蝠为毛翼管鼻蝠Harpiocephalus harpia,是广西和江西两省翼手目分布新纪录。对该种蝙蝠雌雄标本进行对比发现,6项外部形态和头骨指标上的差异有统计学意义,支持该种具有性二型现象。标本现保存于广州大学。
