| description of a new species of the miniopterus aelleni group (chiroptera: miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern madagascar. | recent molecular genetic work, combined with morphological comparisons, on malagasy members of the bat genus miniopterus (family miniopteridae), has uncovered a number of cryptic species. based on recently collected specimens and associated tissues, we examine patterns of variation in m. aelleni, the holotype of which comes from ankarana in northern madagascar. using molecular genetic (mitochondrial cytochrome b) and morphological characters we describe a new species, m. ambohitrensis sp. nov. i ... | 2015 | 25947452 |