Short Communication: Second record of Eumops chiribaya (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Peru

CÉSAR EDGARDO MEDINA (Colección Científica-Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA). Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú)
DARWIN RONALD DÍAZ (Colección Científica-Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA). Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú)
BRIAN ANDREW MALAGA (Colección Científica-Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA). Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú.)
YASMY KARINA MEDINA (Colección Científica-Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA). Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú.)
EVARISTO LÓPEZ (Sección Zoología, Escuela Profesional de Biología. Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú.)

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 19 No. 6 (2018)

Medina CE, Díaz DR, Malaga BA, Medina YK, López E. 2018. Short Communication: Second record of Eumops chiribaya (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Peru. Biodiversitas 19: 1979-1984. The bat Eumops chiribaya was recently described from southwestern Peru, based on unique specimen collected in the coastal desert of Moquegua Department. Herein, we document the second record for the country based on a specimen collected in Arequipa Department. This specimen is described in detail and compared with the holotype of E. chiribaya. This record represents a significant extension of the geographic range for this species, both in latitude and elevation, and it show the high diversity of bats living in the coastal valleys of southwestern Peru. Our record adds one genus and species to the Arequipa Department, totaling 17 bat species in the Department.