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S. ega Thomas, 1912 

 Genus Choeroniscus Tliomas, 1928 



Ch. godmcmi (Tliomas, 1903) 



Ch. intennedius (Allen & Chapman, 1893) 



Ch. minor (Peters, 1869) (= C. inca Tliomas, 1912) 



Ch. periosus Handley, 1966 with subspecies 

 Genus Choeronycteris Tschudi, 1844 

 Subgenus Choeronycteris Tschudi, 1844 



Ch. (Ch.) mexicana Tschudi, 1844 

 Subgenus Miisonycteris Sclialdach & McLaughlin, 1960 



Ch. (M.) harrisoni (Sclialdach & McLaughlm, 1960) 



Geographic Distribution 



Tlie 13 genera of the subfamilies Glossophaginae and LonchophyUinae are distributed 

 tluoughout the subtropical and tropical areas of the New World. Two further, very closely 

 related (Silva-Taboada & Pine 1969) subfamilies of the Phyllostoniatidae, the 

 Brachyphyllinae and Phyllonycterinae, also comprising iiectarivorous species, are restricted 

 to the islands of the Caribbean. Some genera, hke Glossophaga soricina or Anoura 

 geojfroyi are widespread with distributional ranges as far from southern United States 

 down to southern Peai. Others have an extremely restricted distribution: the Banana bat 

 {Choeronycteris harrisoni) which probably shows the highest adaptation to nectar feeding 

 was not discovered before 1960, and only very few specimens were subsequently captured 

 near the same locality from Central Mexico. 



Data on the geograpliic distribution predominantly refer to the locality of the collected 

 material; subsequently individual taxa are given in a detailed hst of all currently known 

 distribution areas: 



Subfamily LonchophyHinae 

 Lionycteris 



L. spiirrelU: E Panama to E Peru and Brazilian Amazon region, west of the Andes, 



however, not south of Colombia 

 LonchophyUa 



L. thomasi: Eastern Panama to E Peru and Amazon region of Brazil, but west of the 



Andes to the south not beyond Ecuador 

 L. dekeyseri: E Brazil 



L. mordax: Costa Rica to W Ecuador (L. m. concava) and E Brazil (L. m. niordax) 

 L. robiista: Nicaragua to N Peru; east of W Venezuela 

 L. handley i: Ecuador and Peru (east of the Andes) 

 L. bokermanni: SE Brazil 



L. hesperia: Arid regions in SW Ecuador and NW Peru 

 Platalina 



P. genovensium: restricted to arid regions of Western Peru 



