Hesperoptenus tomesi Thomas 1905

FAISAL ALI ANWARALI KHAN, VICKI J. SWIER, SERGIO SOLARI, PETER A. LARSEN, BESAR KETOL, WAHAP MARNI, SIVANATHAN ELLAGUPILLAY, MAKLARIN LAKIM, MOHAMMAD TAJUDDIN ABDULLAH & ROBERT J. BAKER, 2008, USING GENETICS AND MORPHOLOGY TO EXAMINE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF OLD WORLD BATS: REPORT OF A RECENT COLLECTION FROM MALAYSIA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 281, pp. 1-30 : 18-19

Hesperoptenus tomesi Thomas 1905

Large False Serotine (Kelawar Petang Palsu)

Specimen examined (1).—Mt. Penrisen: TTU 108400 (GenBank EU521633 ).

Type locality.— Malaysia, Malacca .

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (Malacca: Asahan; Selangor: Cameron Highlands, Genting Highlands, Mt. Brinchang ; and Perak: Maxwell Hill) and Borneo (Sabah: Sandakan Bay, and Tabin). A new geographic record was added for Mt. Penrisen and for the state of Sarawak.

Remarks.—Tribe Nycticeiini (Hoofer and Van Den Bussche 2003) . Hesperoptenus tomesi was caught along the edge of a steep cliff using mist nets. This specimen was identified by forearm size of 50-53 mm, a rounded head, and sloping forehead ( Payne et al. 1985). Other external characters for this genus include rounded, short ears and a slightly hatchet-shaped tragus. The dorsal and ventral sides of our specimen are uniformly dark blackish brown ( Fig. 3c).