How and Why Overcome the Impediments to Resolution: Lessons from rhinolophid and hipposiderid Bats

Foley, Nicole M.; Thong, Vu Dinh; Soisook, Pipat; Goodman, Steven M.; Armstrong, Kyle N.; Jacobs, David S.; Puechmaille, Sébastien J.; Teeling, Emma C.

Each of the six data sets for phylogenetic analysis produced largely congruent topologies across all analyses. Differences between intron topology and both exon and exon+intron topologies are shown in supplementary figure Results of phylogenetic analysis are shortened throughout as Bayesian analyses (BA); posterior probability (PP); and bootstrap support (BSS). At the subordinal level among the Yinpterochiroptera, the association between Pteropodidae and Rhinolophoidea bats was recovered with full support by all analyses except BEAST, which reported much lower support, 52-71 PP ( fig. 2 ). The superfamily grouping of Rhinolophoidea received full support for all analyses. Each analyses also found strong support, 4 90/0.9-100/1 BSS/ PP, for the associations between Craseonycteridae, Megadermatidae, and Rhinopomatidae. The sister taxa relationship between the Hipposideridae and Rhinolophidae was fully supported in all analyses.