Appendix 9. Molecular synapomorphies of Myotis armiensis sp. n., as revealed by maximum-parsimony (MP) analysis of signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A (STAT5A, n = 414 bp). Molecular transformations were optimized on a 50 % majority-rule consensus tree of the most parsimonious tree (134 steps; [CI] = 0.754) resulting from the MP analysis of signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A. 23 fixed derived characters states were found in the newly identified lineage. Of these, 9, which are indicated by asterisk, has not evolved independently in any other species of New World Myotis. The remaininghave appeared secondarily in at least one species of New World Myotis.

	Nucleotide posi- tion	Character state in M. armiensis sp. n.	Characters Con- sistency Index
1	10	C	0.500
2	15	C	0.500
3	18*	C	1.000
4	48*	A	1.000
5	56	C	0.500
6	69	C	0.500
7	72	G	0.667
8	99*	C	1.000
9	145	C	0.333
10	148	C	0.500
11	154	A	0.333
12	220	C	0.500
13	254	C	0.500
14	258*	C	1.000
15	269*	C	1.000
16	273	A	0.500
17	276*	C	1.000
18	355	C	0.500
19	376	C	0.333
20	391*	T	1.000
21	393*	G	1.000
22	398	G	0.500
23	405*	G	1.000