Pteronotus psilotis
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Mormoopidae
Genus: Pteronotus
Subgenus: Pteronotus (Chilonycteris)
Species: Pteronotus psilotis
Name
[edit]Pteronotus psilotis (Dobson, 1878)
- Syntypes (n=2): BMNH 1850.8.29.3, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, and BMNH 1850.8.29.4, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull not removed, collected by Lt. Stricklan.
- Type locality: Unknown, designated as “Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico” by de la Torre (1955: 696).
Combinations
[edit]- Chilonycteris psilotis Dobson, 1878: 451 [original combination]
- Pteronotus psilotis: Burt & Stirton, 1961: 26 [subsequent combination]
- Pteronotus personata [sic] psilotis: Goodwin, 1969: 51 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]
- Pteronotus psilotis: Dávalos, 2006: 110 [subsequent combination, restored to species]
Native distribution areas
[edit]- Mexico
- Belize
- Guatemala
- El Salvador
- Honduras
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Dobson, G.E. 1878. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum of Natural History: London. xxxvi + 567 pp. BHL Reference page.
- De la Torre, L. 1955. Bats from Guerrero, Jalisco and Oaxaca, Mexico. Fieldiana: Zoology 37: 695–701. 2773864
- Burt, W.H. & Stirton, R.A. 1961. The mammals of El Salvador. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 117: 1–69. hdl: 2027.42/56361 Reference page.
- Goodwin, G.G. 1969. Mammals from the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, in the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 141(1): 1–269. hdl: 2246/1994
- Dávalos, L.M. 2006. The geography of diversification in the mormoopids (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88(1): 101–118. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00605.x
Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Smith, J.D. 1972. Systematics of the Chiropteran Family Mormoopidae. Miscellaneous Publication, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 56: 1–132. BHL Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Dobson's Lesser Mustached Bat