| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Authors: | P. Benda, Lučan, R. K., Obuch, J., Reiter, A., Andreas, M., Bačkor, P., Bohnenstengel, T., Eid, E. K., S}evč{\'ık, M. {\v, Vallo, P., Amr, Z. S. |
| Journal: | Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. |
| Volume: | 74 |
| Pagination: | 185-353 |
| Date Published: | 2010b |
| Keywords: | Acari, Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Arachnida, Argas confusus, Argas vespertilionis, Asellia tridens, Aves, Barbastella leucomelas, Basilia daganiae, Cacodmus vicinus, Chiroptera, Cimicidae, Cyprus, Diptera, distribution, echolocation, ecology, ectoparasites, Egypt, Emballonuridae, Eptesicus bottae, Hemiptera, Hipposideridae, Hypsugo ariel, Insecta, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Miniopteridae, Miniopterus pallidus, molecular genetics, Molossidae, Myotis blythii, Myotis capaccinii, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis nattereri, Nycteribia schmidlii, Nycteribiidae, Nycteridae, Nycteris thebaica, Otonycteris hemprichii, parasitism, Parasteatonyssus hoogstraali, Penicillidia conspicua, Penicillidia dufourii, phylogeny, Pipistrellus kuhlii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Plecotus christii, predation, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinopoma cystops, Rhinopoma microphyllum, Rhinopomatidae, Rousettus aegyptiacus, Spinturnix myoti, Spinturnix psi, Steatonyssus periblepharus, Strigiformes, Sudan, Syria, Tadarida teniotis, Taphozous nudiventris, Taphozous perforatus, taxonomy, Turkey, Vespertilionidae |
| Abstract: | A complete list of bat records available from Jordan 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 observations, and data on feeding ecology. Basic descriptive echolocation parameters for 17 species (782 calls from 134 call sequences analysed) are given and discussed. Arthropod ectoparasites were collected from 14 bat species. In some species sheets, notes concerning variation of the Levantine populations are added. From the territory of the modern Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 289 records of 26 bat species belonging to nine families are known; viz. Rousettus aegyptiacus (Geoffroy, 1810) (21 record sites), Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich, 1782) (4), R. cystops Thomas, 1903 (21), Taphozous perforatus Geoffroy, 1818 (7), T. nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830 (6), Nycteris thebaica (Geoffroy, 1803) (3), Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) (12), R. clivosus Cretzschmar, 1828 (10), R. hipposideros (Borkhausen, 1797) (45), R. euryale Blasius, 1853 (5), R. mehelyi Matschie, 1901 (1), R. blasii Peters, 1866 (14), Asellia tridens (Geoffroy, 1813) (3), Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) (2), M. nattereri (Kuhl, 1817) (10), M. emarginatus (Geoffroy, 1806) (5), M. capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837) (1), Eptesicus bottae (Peters, 1869) (21), Hypsugo ariel (Thomas, 1904) (12), Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) (1011), P. kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) (33), Otonycteris hemprichii Peters, 1859 (22), Barbastella leucomelas (Cretzschmar, 1830) (6), Plecotus christii Gray, 1838 (19), Miniopterus pallidus Thomas, 1905 (3), and Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) (33). Myotis blythii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, and Barbastella leucomelas are here reported from Jordan for the first time. Simple zoogeographical analysis of the bat fauna of Jordan revealed four main groups of particular faunal elements as well as community types. The fauna is composed of (1) the Mediterranean, (2) southern desert, (3) Rift desert, and (4) widespread 186 elements, while the bat communities are represented by (1) Mediterranean arboreal, (2) southern desert, (3) Rift, and (4) transient (combined) types. Seventeen species of bat ectoparasites belonging to seven families were recorded from Jordan; the following eleven species are here reported for the first time from the country: Argas vespertilionis (Latreille, 1802) (collected from Rousettus aegyptiacus, Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. kuhlii), A. confusus Hoogstraal, 1955 (from Rhinopoma cystops), Spinturnix psi Kolenati, 1856 (from Miniopterus pallidus), S. myoti (Kolenati, 1856) (from Myotis blythii), Steatonyssus periblepharus Kolenati, 1858 (from Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. kuhlii), Parasteanonyssus hoogstraali Keegan, 1956 (from Tadarida teniotis), Cacodmus vicinus Horvath, 1932 (from Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. kuhlii), Penicillidia conspicua Speiser, 1901 (from Miniopterus pallidus), P. dufourii Westwood, 1835 (from Myotis blythii), Nycteribia schmidlii Schiner, 1853 (from Miniopterus pallidus), and Basilia daganiae Theodor et Moscona, 1954 (from Pipistrellus pipistrellus). |