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GENUS Myotis

Author:Kaup, 1829.
Citation:Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, 1: 106.
Type Species:Vespertilio myotis Borkhausen, 1797.
Comments:For discussion of synonyms see Findley (1972), Hayman and Hill (1971), and Phillips and Birney (1968). Neotropical species revised by LaVal (1973a). Apparently does not include Cistugo; see Rautenbach et al. (1993). Hall (1981) provided a key to North and Central American species; Corbet and Hill (1992) gave a key to Indomalayan species; Bates et al. (1999) provided a key to species found in Vietnam and adjoining countries. Also see Topál (1997) and Stormark (1998). For partial phylogenies see Mayer and von Helversen (2001a), Ruedi and Mayer (2001), and Kawai et al. (2003). These studies have convincingly demonstrated that the three subgenera of Myotis typically recognized (Myotis, Leuconoe, and Selysius) are not monophyletic, but instead represent ecomorphs characterized by convergent morphologies. Menu et al. (2002:320) argued that Leuconoe can be diagnosed as distinct based on dental morphology, and noted that it includes "most of the fossil and living species attribued to Myotis sensu lato within recent accounts and revisions." While this may be true, there is presently no agreement concerning relationships among species previously referred to Myotis, Leuconoe, and Selysius. Accordingly, no subgeneric classification is recognized here, and Leuconoe and Selysius are treated as junior synonyms of Myotis. Woodman (1993) argued that Myotis should be considered feminine in gender (thus requiring changes in the spelling of many specific epithets in Myotis), but Pritchard (1994) disagreed. Both of these authors appear to have overlooked a 1958 ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature that fixed the gender of Myotis as masculine and placed the name as such on the Offical list of Generic Names in Zoology (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1958a). I follow this ruling, and thus retain the traditional spellings of specific epithets in combination with Myotis.
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Synonyms:

    Aeorestes Fitzinger, 1870
    Anamygdon Troughton, 1929
    Brachyotis Kolenati, 1856
    Capaccinus Bonaparte, 1841
    Chrysopteron Jentink, 1910
    Comastes Fitzinger, 1870
    Dichromyotis Bianchi, 1916
    Euvespertilio Acloque, 1899
    Exochurus Fitzinger, 1870
    Hesperomyotis Cabrera, 1958
    Isotus Kolenate, 1856
    Leuconoe Boie, 1830
    Megapipistrellus Bianchi, 1917
    Nyctactes Kaup, 1829
    Paramyotis Bianchi, 1916
    Pizonyx Miller, 1906
    Pternopterus Peters, 1867
    Rickettia Bianchi, 1916
    Selysius Bonaparte, 1841
    Tralatitus Gervais, 1849
    Trilatitus Gray, 1842

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