Rhinolophus stheno K. Andersen 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 : 11

Rhinolophus stheno K. Andersen 1905

Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat (Kelawar Ladam Bukit)

Specimens examined (2).— Krau: TTU 108171 (GenBank EU521613 ), TK 152014.

Type locality.— Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia) , Selangor.

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (all states).

Remarks.— Megaphyllus species group (Csorba et al. 2003). Rhinolophus stheno was caught using harp traps in Krau within lowland dipterocarp forests. This species has a unique, straight-sided lancet. The median septum is much wider than the middle pockets and the rounded connecting process does not originate from the tip of the sella. Two different subspecies have been recognized within this species, R. s. stheno (in Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and Thailand south of the Isthmus of Kra) and R. s. microglobosus (in Lao PDR, Vietnam, and Thailand north of the Isthmus of Kra; Csorba et al. 2003). Both of the specimens recorded in this study have the same cyt- b gene haplotype.