Molossops planirostris (Peters, 1865) . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1865:575.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: Panama to Peru, N Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Surinam.

SYNONYMS: espiritosantensis, milleri, paranus .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Cynomops; see Freeman (1981:155). Includes milleri and paranus; see Koopman (1978b:20); but also see Handley (1976) and Williams and Genoways (1980c), who regarded paranus as a distinct species.