Glossophaga E. Geoffroy 1818

Glossophaga E. Geoffroy 1818, Mem. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 4: 418.

Type Species: Vespertilio soricinus Pallas 1766

Synonyms: Nicon Gray 1847; Phyllophora Gray 1838 .

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 18 subspecies:

Species Glossophaga commissarisi Gardner 1962

Subspecies Glossophaga commissarisi subsp. commissarisi Gardner 1962

Subspecies Glossophaga commissarisi subsp. bakeri Webster and Jones 1987

Subspecies Glossophaga commissarisi subsp. hespera Webster and Jones 1982

Species Glossophaga leachii Gray 1844

Species Glossophaga longirostris Miller 1898

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. longirostris Miller 1898

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. campestris Webster and Handley 1986

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. elongata Miller 1900

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. major Goodwin 1958

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. maricelae Soriano, Fariñas, and Naranjo 2000

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. reclusa Webster and Handley 1986

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. rostrata Miller 1913

Species Glossophaga morenoi Martínez and Villa-R. 1938

Subspecies Glossophaga morenoi subsp. morenoi Martínez and Villa-R. 1938

Subspecies Glossophaga morenoi subsp. brevirostris Webster and Jones 1984

Subspecies Glossophaga morenoi subsp. mexicana Webster and Jones 1980

Species Glossophaga soricina (Pallas 1766)

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. soricina Pallas 1766

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. antillarum Rehn 1902

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. handleyi Webster and Jones 1980

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. mutica Merriam 1898

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. valens Miller 1913

Discussion: Revised by Webster (1993); see Hoffmann and Baker (2001) for a phylogeny of the genus.