Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 11. On the bat fauna of Libya II
Abstrakt
A complete list of bat records available from Libya was compiled from literature and from new records, based on field studies and examination of museum specimens. The record review is complemented by distribution maps, summaries of distributional status of the particular species, files of field data, findings on feeding ecology, observations of morphology and variation, and records of arthropod ectoparasites.
From the territory of Libya, at least 138 records of 18 bat species belonging to six families are known; viz. Rhinopoma cystops Thomas, 1903 (1 record site), Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) (2), R. clivosus Cretzschmar, 1828 (6), R. horaceki Benda et Vallo, 2012 (7), R. mehelyi Matschie, 1901 (5), Asellia tridens (Geoffroy, 1813) (6), Myotis punicus Felten, 1977 (2), Eptesicus isabellinus (Temminck, 1840) (11), Pipistrellus hanaki Hulva et Benda, 2004 (12), P. kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) (45), Vansonia rueppellii (Fischer, 1829) (1), Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) (5), N. leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) (1), Otonycteris hemprichii Peters, 1859 (3), Plecotus gaisleri Benda, Kiefer, Hanák et Veith, 2004 (14), P. christii Gray, 1838 (1), Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) (4), and Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) (12).
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum is here reported from the country for the first time. Since the species status of Pipistrellus deserti Thomas, 1902 has been reasonably doubted, this taxon is no more included in the faunal list of Libya.
Reviews of taxonomic opinions concerning the Libyan populations of the particular species, supplemented in some cases by original analyses, are added. Arthropod ectoparasites were newly collected from eight species of bats in Libya; at least 19 species of ectoparasites belonging to nine families were recorded in total.