Rhinolophus robinsoni Andersen 1918

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 robinsoni Andersen 1918

Peninsular Horseshoe Bat (Kelawar Ladam Semenanjung)

Specimen examined (1).— Krau: TTU 108185 ( GenBank EU521611 ) .

Type locality.— Thailand, Surat Thani, Bandon , Kaho Nawng.

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia.

Remarks.— Megaphyllus species group (Csorba et al. 2003). Rhinolophus robinsoni was caught using a harp trap across a walking trail. The noseleaf of R. robinsoni lacks lateral lappets and has a rounded connecting process. A diagnostic step-wise constriction at the mid length of sella can be observed ( Kingston 2006). Csorba et al. (2003) classified robinsoni as a subspecies of R. megaphyllus because it had intermediate features with respect to other Asian mainland species. We recognize R. robinsoni as a valid species following Simmons (2005) and Francis (2008) because R. robinsoni has a restricted geographic distribution and does not overlap with other R. megaphyllus subspecies recognized by Csorba et al. (2003).