Balantiopteryx io Thomas, 1904 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 13:252.

TYPE LOCALITY: Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Rio Dolores (near Coban) .

DISTRIBUTION: S Veracruz and Oaxaca (Mexico) to EC Guatemala and Belize.

COMMENTS: See Arroyo-Cabrales and Jones (1988b, Mammalian Species, 313).