Balionycterisseimundi Kloss, 1921

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Balionycterisseimundi Kloss, 1921

Balionycteris maculata seimundi Kloss, 1921: 229 . Junction of Tahan and Teku rivers, foot of Gunung Tahan, Pahang, MALAYSIA (E. Seimund, collector; MNM 1 /21) [ 39].

Balionycteris maculata [ 8].

Common English name: Spotted-winged Fruit Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAB7907 (14 DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia; Fig 2 ).

Remarks: Originally described as a subspecies of B. maculata [ 9]. Khan et al. [ 32] reported a high genetic distance (12%) in cytochrome b mtDNA between B. maculata sensu lato populations in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo and consequently raised B. seimundi as a distinct species. The same pattern was also observed in COI mtDNA ( Fig 2 ; also see Fig 2 in [ 4]). Following Khan et al. [ 32], the name of the taxon in Peninsular Malaysia should be updated to B. seimundi .

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: As B. maculata : Pahang: Gunung Tahan [ 39], Merapoh [ 40], Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 41, 42], Tasik Chini [ 43], Kuala Atok National Park [ 44]; Negeri Sembilan: Pasoh Forest Reserve [ 45]; Perak: Temengor Forest Reserve [ 46, 47], Royal Belum State Park [ 48], Bayor River-Rantau Panjang [ 49]; Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 50]; Selangor: Bukit Lanjan [ 40], Bangi Forest Reserve [ 41], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51], Ulu Gombak [ 52 – 54], Air Hitam Forest Reserve [ 55], Sungai Dusun Forest Reserve and Lata Bujang Forest Reserve [ 56]; Johor: Endau-Kota Tinggi Forest Reserve [ 56]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57].

B. seimundi tends to roost in small harem groups in sites with bell-shaped cavities and smooth surfaces [ 11]. Individuals have also been found roosting in crowns of palms, clumps of epiphytic ferns, arboreal ant nests, hollowed arboreal termite nests and hollowed detached large branches [ 11, 14, 23].

Figures

Fig 2. Neighbour-joining tree showing all available DNA barcodes for species in family Pteropodidae reported from Peninsular Malaysia. The percentage of pseudoreplicate trees (±70%) in which the DNA barcodes clustered together in the bootstrap test (500 pseudoreplicates) are shown above the branches. Abbreviation as follows: PM = Peninsular Malaysia, VN = Vietnam, JV = Java, Indonesia, BN = Borneo (including Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan), TH = Thailand, LA = Laos. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179555.g002