Lonchophyllini Griffiths 1982

Lonchophyllini Griffiths 1982, Am. Mus. Novit., 2742: 43.

Genera: 3 genera with 9 species:

Genus Lionycteris Thomas 1913 (1 species)

Genus Lonchophylla Thomas 1903 (7 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Platalina Thomas 1928 (1 species)

Discussion: Used at the tribal level for the first time by McKenna and Bell (1997); see also Wetterer et al. (2000) and Carstens et al. (2002).