| cryptic diversity of the bent-wing bat, miniopterus schreibersii (chiroptera: vespertilionidae), in asia minor. | two or more species are cryptic, if they are morphologically similar, biologically distinct, and misclassified as a single species. cryptic species complexes were recently discovered within many bat species and we suspect that the bent-wing bat, miniopterus schreibersii, found in europe, northern africa, and asia minor, could also form such a complex. populations of m. schreibersii decline in most of the european countries and the species is currently listed as near threatened in the iucn red li ... | 2010 | 20433686 |