New records of Myotis alcathoe in Ukraine
A male Myotis alcathoe (FA = 32,1 mm, D5 = 41 mm, G = 4,1 g) was caught using mist-net on 12 September 2016 near the entrence of the Medova Cave (49°49'16,3"N, 24°05'23"E; 357 m a.s.l.), which is located in the southeastern outskirts of Lviv city (Western Ukraine). This is the fi...
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irk-123456789-1650132020-02-12T01:27:24Z New records of Myotis alcathoe in Ukraine Bashta, A.-T. Ivashkiv, I. Krokhmal, A. Знахідки рідкісних видів A male Myotis alcathoe (FA = 32,1 mm, D5 = 41 mm, G = 4,1 g) was caught using mist-net on 12 September 2016 near the entrence of the Medova Cave (49°49'16,3"N, 24°05'23"E; 357 m a.s.l.), which is located in the southeastern outskirts of Lviv city (Western Ukraine). This is the first record of M.alcathoe in the city of Lviv. Observations of M. alcathoe at the cave entrance during the swarming period confirms the use of underground shelters by this species for hibernation. The species is part of the bat communities of old deciduous forests, which was confirmed by ultrasound investigations in summer. Самець Myotis alcathoe (FA = 32,1 мм, D5 = 41 мм, G = 4,1 г) був зловлений за допомогою павутинної сітки 12.09.2016 р. на вході до Медової печери (49°49’16,3”N, 24°05’23”E; 357 м над р. м.), яка розташована на південно-східній околиці м. Львів (Західна Україна). Ця знахідка є першим підтвердженням наявності цього виду на території м. Львова. Спостереження особини M. alcathoe біля входу в печеру під час періоду «роїння» підтверджує можливість використання підземних схованок для гібернації. У прилеглих лісах M. alcathoe є частиною угруповання кажанів старих широколистяних лісів, що підтверджене ультразвуковими дослідженнями у літній період. 2018 Article New records of Myotis alcathoe in Ukraine / A.-T. Bashta, I. Ivashkiv, A. Krokhmal // Theriologia Ukrainica. — 2018. — Т. 16. — С. 163–165. — Бібліогр.: 12 назв. — англ. 2616-7379 DOI: http://doi.org/10.15407/pts2018.16.163 http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/165013 599.426:001.891.7(477) en Theriologia Ukrainica Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України |
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Theriologia Ukrainica, 16: 163–165 (2018)
http://doi.org/10.15407/pts2018.16.163
UDC 599.426:001.891.7(477)
NEW RECORDS OF MYOTIS ALCATHOE IN UKRAINE
Andriy-Taras Bashta1, Igor Ivashkiv1, Artur Krokhmal2
1 Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, NAS of Ukraine (Lviv, Ukraine)
2 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine)
Correspondence to: A.-T. Bashta; Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, NAS of Ukraine, Kozelnytska St. 4, Lviv,
79026 Ukraine; e-mail: atbashta@gmail.com
New records of Myotis alcathoe in Ukraine. — A.-T. Bashta, I. Ivashkiv, A. Krokhmal. — A male Myotis
alcathoe (FA = 32,1 mm, D5 = 41 mm, G = 4,1 g) was caught using mist-net on 12 September 2016 near the
entrence of the Medova Cave (49°49'16,3"N, 24°05'23"E; 357 m a.s.l.), which is located in the southeastern
outskirts of Lviv city (Western Ukraine). This is the first record of M.alcathoe in the city of Lviv. Observations
of M. alcathoe at the cave entrance during the swarming period confirms the use of underground shelters by this
species for hibernation. The species is part of the bat communities of old deciduous forests, which was
confirmed by ultrasound investigations in summer.
Key words: Myotis alcathoe, swarming, Lviv, Ukraine.
Нові спостереження Myotis alcathoe в Україні. — А.-Т. Башта, І. Івашків, А. Крохмаль. — Самець
Myotis alcathoe (FA = 32,1 мм, D5 = 41 мм, G = 4,1 г) був зловлений за допомогою павутинної сітки
12.09.2016 р. на вході до Медової печери (49°49’16,3”N, 24°05’23”E; 357 м над р. м.), яка розташована на
південно-східній околиці м. Львів (Західна Україна). Ця знахідка є першим підтвердженням наявності
цього виду на території м. Львова. Спостереження особини M. alcathoe біля входу в печеру під час
періоду «роїння» підтверджує можливість використання підземних схованок для гібернації. У прилеглих
лісах M. alcathoe є частиною угруповання кажанів старих широколистяних лісів, що підтверджене
ультразвуковими дослідженнями у літній період.
Ключові слова : Myotis alcathoe, явище «роїння», Львів, Україна.
Introduction
Myotis alcathoe (von Helversen & Heller, 2001) was first described at the beginning of the
twentieth century based on specimens from Greece and Hungary. It became clear soon that the real
distribution range of this Myotis species was much wider according to the range of new records from
the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Albania, Poland, the European part of Turkey (Niermann et
al., 2007), Slovakia (Benda et al., 2003), the Czech Republic (Rehak et al., 2008), Ukraine (Bashta et
al., 2010) etc. In Ukraine, M. alcathoe was first described as “Myotis ikonnikovi” (Bashta et al.,
2010; Zagorodniuk, Emelyanov, 2012). The species was found recently in Transcarpathia and
Western Podillia (Bashta et al., 2011; Bashta, 2014).
Myotis alcathoe still belongs to the poorly studied bat species not only in Ukraine, but also in
the whole of Europe and our communication is intended to complement the existing information on
the distribution and ecological features of this species.
Material and methods
Bat netting at the entrance of the Medova Cave was carried out on 12 September 2016, during
the period of swarming. The Medova Cave (49 ° 49'16.3 "N, 24 ° 05'23" E; 357 m a.s.l.) is located in
the southeastern outskirts of Lviv (Western Ukraine) and was formed in Tortonian (Baden)
limestones. The dimensions of the entrance: width — 8.2 m, height — 2.8 m. The total length of the
corridors is about 54 m (Bashta et al., 2004). The net was installed at the entrance to the cave. The
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cave is located on the border of the Vynnyky Forest, formed by deciduous tree species, mostly 100–
150 years of age. Its territory has a large number of ravines of different size, with numerous springs
and streams.
Bat species identification was carried out by a number of morphological characters (Dietz, von
Helversen, 2004). They include red-brown furs (without golden tips, usually typical for M. mysta-
cinus and M. brandtii), a brownish color of the faces and ears, and a shorter tragus (slightly lower
than the upper margin of the indentation of the ear). In the summer, ultrasonic studies covered forest,
meadow, and meadow-shrubby biotopes in the vicinity of Lviv city. Ultrasound detectors D-240x
(Pettersson Elektronik AB) and Batcorder (ecoObst GmbH) were used. The analyses of records were
made using the programs “BatSound” and “bcAnalyze.”
Results and discussion
Near midnight on 12 September 2016, one individual (male) was caught at the entrance to the
Medova Cave and identified as M. alcathoe (FA = 32.1 mm, D5 = 41 mm, G = 4.1 g). It was the first
confirmation of the presence of this species in vicinities of Lviv city.
The surrounding habitats are typical for the settlement of this species. The slopes on which the
cave is located are covered with deciduous forests and clearings. Most of the records of this species
in Europe (Niermann et al., 2007; Lučan et al., 2009) indicate that M. alcathoe is a forest-dwelling
bat species and prefers similar habitats: natural, mainly old (> 100 years) mixed and broadleaf
forests with water reservoirs and riparian vegetation. Such habitats usually have a significant number
of hollow trees, which provide shelters for many tree-dwelling bat species.
Observation of M. alcathoe at the entrance to the cave in the autumn, during the swarming
period confirms the use of this type of underground shelters for hibernation (Ohlendorf, 2009). The
wintering of this species in underground cavities is also confirmed by observation by V. Pokynche-
reda and A. Kusnezh (2014) in the Carpathians.
In the adjacent Vynnyky forest, M. alcathoe is part of the bat community of old deciduous
forests, which was confirmed by ultrasound research during the summer periods. In general, due to
the high frequency of echolocation signals, the identification of this species is relatively easy, since
among the bats in this region the similar frequencies are typical only for M. emarginatus, the
occurrence of which in this area is unlikely.
In total, 70 bat specimens were caught near the cave entrance during the night, 51 % of which
were Eptesicus serotinus, and the rest of them belonged to Barbastella barbastellus, Plecotus
auritus, and Myotis myotis.
Thus, new records increase our knowledge about the distribution of M. alcathoe in the territory
of Ukraine and within the European range of the species. In addition, the records of M. alcathoe
confirm the occurrence of the species near Lviv, and thus the bat fauna of this city today includes
21 species.
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