Check List 14(5): 737-742, doi: 10.15560/14.5.737
First records of Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and two new localities for three bat species in Santa Fe province, Argentina
expand article infoMaría Eugenia Montani§|, Marcelo Daniel Gamboa§, Franco Nicolás Fabre§, Leandro Raúl Antoniazzi, Victoria Arancio, Jaime Fernando Carmona#, Andrés Alberto Pautasso¤§, Valeria Carolina Colombo
‡ Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Dr. Ángel Gallardo", Rosario, Argentina§ Programa de Conservación de los Murciélagos de Argentina (PCMA), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina| Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina (PIDBA), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina¶ Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral, UNL – CONICET, Esperanza, Argentina# Sección Fauna Urbana, Salubridad y Fumigaciones, Secretaría de Servicios Públicos, Municipalidad de Esperanza, Esperanza, Argentina¤ Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino", Santa Fe, Argentina
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Abstract
We present the first records of Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) for Santa Fe province, Argentina. Four specimens were collected in the following localities: Esperanza (Las Colonias department), Laguna Paiva (La Capital department), and Rosario (Rosario department). These records extend the distribution area of M. nigricans 380 km to the south and increase the number of bat species in Santa Fe to 23. Additionally, Esperanza and Rafaela are added as new localities for Eumops glaucinus (Wagner, 1843), Molossops temminckii (Burmeister, 1854), and Lasiurus blossevillii (Lesson & Garnot, 1826).
Keywords
Black myotis; distribution; range extension; Molossidae; Eumops glaucinus; Molossops temminckii; Lasiurus blossevillii