KARYOSYSTEMATICS OF PLECOTINE BATS - A REEVALUATION OF CHROMOSOMAL DATA

Chromosomal characteristics seem to play a crucial role for the analys is of the phylogenetic relationships within the plecotine bats, as sho wn by a comparison of results obtained from morphological and chromoso mal data with those from morphology only. Published descriptions of ka ryotypes of the genera involved, however, are based on different chrom osome-banding qualities and even contain several errors. We compare th e different results using our own published chromosomal data and prese nt a revised scheme of the chromosomal complements of the plecotine ge nera.