taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859630/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859630	FIG. 3. Map of South and Southeast Asia showing sampling localities of M. phillipsi sp. nov. and Miniopterus specimens of mainland Asia mentioned in this study with biomes of ecoregions (Dinerstein et al., 2017). Type locality of M. phillipsi sp. nov. is marked by a black star	FIG. 3. Map of South and Southeast Asia showing sampling localities of M. phillipsi sp. nov. and Miniopterus specimens of mainland Asia mentioned in this study with biomes of ecoregions (Dinerstein et al., 2017). Type locality of M. phillipsi sp. nov. is marked by a black star	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859628/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859628	FIG. 2. Plot of the first two components of a principal component (PC) analysis for craniodental measurements of the Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka (M. philipsii sp. nov. — blue circle; M. fuliginosus — green circle; M. magnater — black circle; M. pusillus — purple circle). Arrow points to holotype. See Table 2 for the variables used in this analysis and the loadings on PC1 and PC2	FIG. 2. Plot of the first two components of a principal component (PC) analysis for craniodental measurements of the Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka (M. philipsii sp. nov. — blue circle; M. fuliginosus — green circle; M. magnater — black circle; M. pusillus — purple circle). Arrow points to holotype. See Table 2 for the variables used in this analysis and the loadings on PC1 and PC2	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859632/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859632	FIG. 4. Portrait of M. phillipsi sp. nov. NMSL 2021.03.02.NH	FIG. 4. Portrait of M. phillipsi sp. nov. NMSL 2021.03.02.NH	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859638/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859638	FIG. 5. Dorsal aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)	FIG. 5. Dorsal aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859640/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859640	FIG. 6. Lateral aspect of cranium and mandible of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka.A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)	FIG. 6. Lateral aspect of cranium and mandible of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka.A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859642/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859642	FIG. 7. Ventral aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)	FIG. 7. Ventral aspect of cranium of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (MHNG 1981.071); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164504); C — M. pusillus (V/M/ERS/570); D — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype)	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859644/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859644	FIG. 8. Tragus of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (ZMMU S-172585); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164505); C — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype); D — M. pusillus (ZMMU S-172595)	FIG. 8. Tragus of Miniopterus species in India and Sri Lanka. A — M. magnater (ZMMU S-172585); B — M. fuliginosus (ZMMU S-164505); C — M. phillipsi sp. nov. (NMSL 2021.03.01.NH, holotype); D — M. pusillus (ZMMU S-172595)	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
03D90469234CFFD7DADA3693FAA5FD6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7859626/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7859626	FIG. 1. Bayesian majority-rule consensus tree of the COI gene of Asian Miniopterus species. Dark circles depict nodes with Bayesian posterior probability ≥ 0.95 and maximum likelihood bootstrap support ≥ 70. The outgroup Chaerephon plicatus is not shown. Scale bar indicates the number of substitutions per site	FIG. 1. Bayesian majority-rule consensus tree of the COI gene of Asian Miniopterus species. Dark circles depict nodes with Bayesian posterior probability ≥ 0.95 and maximum likelihood bootstrap support ≥ 70. The outgroup Chaerephon plicatus is not shown. Scale bar indicates the number of substitutions per site	2022-08-18	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.		Zenodo	biologists	Kusuminda, Tharaka;Mannakkara, Amani;Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B.;Kruskop, Sergei V.;Amarasinghe, Chamara J.;Saikia, Uttam;Venugopal, Parvathy;Karunarathna, Mathisha;Gamage, Rajika;Ruedi, Manuel;Csorba, Gábor;Yapa, Wipula B.;Patterson, Bruce D.			
