@article{fdi:010058209,
  title = {{M}olecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe {M}yonycterini ({M}ammalia, {P}teropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers},
  author = {{N}esi, {N}. and {K}adjo, {B}. and {P}ourrut, {X}avier and {L}eroy, {E}ric and {S}hongo, {C}. {P}. and {C}ruaud, {C}. and {H}assanin, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he tribe {M}yonycterini comprises five fruit bat species of the family {P}teropodidae, which are endemic to tropical {A}frica. {P}revious studies have produced conflicting results about their interspecific relationships. {H}ere, we performed a comparative phylogeographic analysis based on 148 complete cytochrome b gene sequences from the three species distributed in {W}est {A}frica and {C}entral {A}frica ({M}yonycteris torquata, {L}issonycteris angolensis and {M}egaloglossus woermanni). {I}n addition, we investigated phylogenetic relationships within the tribe {M}yonycterini, using a matrix including 29 terminal taxa and 7235 nucleotide characters, corresponding to an alignment of two mitochondrial genes and seven nuclear introns. {O}ur phylogenetic analyses confirmed that the genus {M}egaloglossus belongs to the tribe {M}yonycterini. {F}urther, the genus {R}ousettus is paraphyletic, with {R}. lanosus, sometimes placed in the genus {S}tenonycteris, being the sister-group of the tribes {M}yonycterini and {E}pomophorini. {O}ur phylogeographic results showed that populations of {M}yonycteris torquata and {M}egaloglossus woermanni from the {U}pper {G}uinea {F}orest are highly divergent from those of the {C}ongo {B}asin {F}orest. {B}ased on our molecular data, we recommended several taxonomic changes. {F}irst, {S}tenonycteris should be recognized as a separate genus from {R}ousettus and composed of {S}. lanosus. {T}his genus should be elevated to a new tribe, {S}tenonycterini, within the subfamily {E}pomophorinae. {T}his result shows that the evolution of lingual echolocation was more complicated than previously accepted. {S}econd, the genus {L}issonycteris is synonymised with {M}yonycteris. {T}hird, the populations from {W}est {A}frica formerly included in {M}yonycteris torquata and {M}egaloglossus woermanni are now placed in two distinct species, respectively, {M}yonycteris leptodon and {M}egaloglossus azagnyi sp. nov. {O}ur molecular dating estimates show that the three phases of taxonomic diversification detected within the tribe {M}yonycterini can be related to three distinct decreases in tree cover vegetation, at 6.5-6, 2.7-2.5, and 1.8-1.6 {M}a. {O}ur results suggest that the high nucleotide distance between {E}bolavirus {C}ote d'{I}voire and {E}bolavirus {Z}aire can be correlated with the {P}lio/{P}leistocene divergence between their putative reservoir host species, i.e., {M}yonycteris leptodon and {M}yonycteris torquata, respectively.},
  keywords = {{B}iogeography ; {C}hiroptera ; {M}yonycteris ; {M}egaloglossus ; {T}ropical {A}frica ; {E}bola ; {AFRIQUE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {AFRIQUE} {CENTRALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {P}hylogenetics and {E}volution},
  volume = {66},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {126--137},
  ISSN = {1055-7903},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.028},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058209},
}