Check List 20(5): 1054-1066, doi: 10.15560/20.5.1054

First records of three species of Lasiurus Gray, 1831 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Bolivia

Luis H. Acosta S.^‡, José L. Poma-Urey^‡, Kathrin Barboza-Marquez^‡, Kathia Rivero^‡, José Ochoa-G.^§, Jorge Salazar-Bravo^|¶

‡ Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia§ Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela| Texas Tech University, Texas, United States of America¶ Academia Nacional de Ciencias, La Paz, Bolivia

Corresponding author: Luis H. Acosta S. ( l.jubatus096@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Marcelo Nogueira

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Citation: Acosta S. LH, Poma-Urey JL, Barboza-Marquez K, Rivero K, Ochoa-G. J, Salazar-Bravo J (2024) First records of three species of Lasiurus Gray, 1831 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Bolivia. Check List 20(5): 1054-1066. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.5.1054

Abstract

Insectivorous bats of the family Vespertilionidae have been grouped into eight tribes, with Lasiurini showing an extensive distribution in South America. In Bolivia, three species of lasiurine bats have been reported: Lasiurus blossevillii (Lesson & Garnot, 1826), L. ega (Gervais, 1856), and L. villosissimus (É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806). The morphological analyses of specimens of this genus deposited in Bolivian scientiﬁc collections and comparisons with specimens from other countries (including holotypes) prompt us to report the ﬁrst records of three species: Lasiurus atratus Handley 1996, L. castaneus Handley 1960, and L. egregius (Peters, 1870) in Bolivia, expanding their known geographic ranges to the southwestern part of the Amazon.

Keywords

Bats, new records, Pando, Distribution, Amazonia