Phyllostomus
Taxonavigation
Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Phyllostominae
Genus:
Species (4): P. discolor – P. elongatus – P. hastatus – P. latifolius
Name
Phyllostomus Lacépède, 1799: 16 [conserved name]
- Type species: Vespertilio hastatus Pallas, 1767, by subsequent designation by Miller & Rehn (1901: 282).
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 2) and Direction 24 (1955: 222).
Synonyms
- Alectops Gray, 1866
- Phyllostoma Cuvier, 1800
References
Primary references
- Lacepède, B.G.E. 1799. Discours d'ouverture et de clôture du cours d'histoire naturelle. Donné dans le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, l'an VII de la République, et Tableaux methodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux. Paris. MDZ. Discours pp. 1–55. Mammifères pp. 1–18. Oiseaux pp. 1–20. Reference page.
- Miller, Jr., G.S. & Rehn, J.A.G. 1901. Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 30(1): 1–352. BHL Reference page.
- International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page.
- International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Spear-nosed Bats