Myotis petax Hollister, 1912

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 44

Myotis petax Hollister, 1912 —Eastern Water Bat

Myotis petax Hollister, 1912 p.6 ; Type locality- Altai district, Siberia , Russia.

M. daubentonii ussuriensis Ognev, 1927 p.146 ; Type locality- Vladivostok, Russia; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.378; Kuroda, 1938 p.96; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.147; Won, 1958 p.454; Won, 1967 p.312; Won, 1968 p.84; Yoon, 1992 p.38; Yoon, 2010 p.40.

M. daubentonii: Tate, 1947 p.84 ; Won, 1968 p.84; Corbet, 1978 p.50; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.12; Son, 2001 p.96; Yoon, 2004 p.61; Yoon, 2010 p.40; Jo et al., 2012 p.251.

Range: Myotis petax is a common bat over the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island ( Yoon 2010; Fig. 26 ).

Remarks: Myotis daubentonii ussuriensis has been used to designate the Korean population ( Yoon 2010). A combined approach based on molecular, morphological and ecological data identified two distinct species in M. daubentonii , 1) a western group (west of Omsk, Russia) Myotis daubentoniid , and 2) an eastern group (east of Omsk) M. petax , described by Hollister in 1912 from the Republic of Altai in the south of western Siberia ( Kruskop 2004; Matveev et al. 2005). Mitochondrial (ND1 gene) analysis had M. petax clustered with M. ikonnikovi , M. mystacinus , and M. aurascens , whereas, M. daubentonii clustered with M. nattereri , M. bombinus , M. chinensis , M. schaubi , and M. escalerari ( Datzmann et al. 2012) . Combined mitochondrial cytochrome b and nuclear Rag 2 analyses together with craniodental morphology identified M. petax closer to M. macrodactylus and M. daubentonii closer to M. frater ( Ruedi et al. 2013, 2015). Therefore, M. petax is the proper name for this species in Korea.

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FIGURE 26. Range map of Myotis petax in Korea.