Megaderma E. Geoffroy 1810

Megaderma E. Geoffroy 1810, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 197.

Type Species: Vespertilio spasma Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Eucheira Hodgson 1847; Spasma Gray 1866 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 19 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Megaderma (Megaderma) E. Geoffroy 1810

Subgenus Megaderma (Lyroderma) Peters 1872

Species Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra subsp. lyra E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra subsp. sinensis K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907

Species Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma (Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. spasma Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. abditum Chasen 1940

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. carimatae Miller 1906

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. celebensis Shamel 1940

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. ceylonense K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. horsfieldii Blyth 1863

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. kinabalu Chasen 1940

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. lasiae Lyon 1916

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. majus K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. medium K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. minus K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. naisense Lyon 1916

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. natunae K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. pangandarana Sody 1936

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. philippinensis Waterhouse 1843

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. siumatis Lyon 1916

Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. trifolium Geoffroy 1810

Discussion: Includes Lyroderma, but see Hand (1985). Two subgenera ( Megaderma and Lyroderma) are recognized here following Corbet and Hill (1992).