Check List 21(2): 304-311, doi: 10.15560/21.2.304
New records of Sturnira koopmanhilli (McCarthy, Albuja & Alberico, 2006) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from western and eastern Ecuador
Marco A. Rodríguez-Segovia‡, Laura Simba‡§, Jorge Brito§‡ Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador§ Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
Corresponding author: Marco A. Rodríguez-Segovia ( marcozeus24@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Marcione B. de Oliveira © Marco A. Rodríguez-Segovia, Laura Simba, Jorge Brito. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Rodríguez-Segovia MA, Simba L, Brito J (2025) New records of Sturnira koopmanhilli (McCarthy, Albuja & Alberico, 2006) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from western and eastern Ecuador. Check List 21(2): 304-311. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.304 |  |
Abstract
Sturnira koopmanhilli (McCarthy, Albuja & Alberico, 2006) is a rare and vulnerable bat species dis‑ tributed mainly in the Chocó biogeographic region of Ecuador and Colombia. A field expedition in north‑western Ecuador collected two new voucher specimens and tissues. We sequenced the whole cyt-b gene to confirm the taxonomic identity of these specimens. Furthermore, we reviewed three natural history collections to find unreported specimens. The present study provides seven new records for S. koopmanhilli in Ecuador and expands this species’ occurrence to the eastern slopes of the Andes.
Keywords
Chocó, cloud forests, diastemata, Neotropics, procumbent, specialized species, vulnerable species