Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823) . Sim. Vespert. Brasil., p. 66.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Bahia, Salvador .

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia and Venezuela, south to N Argentina and east to E Brazil.

SYNONYMS: fallax, hercules, validum (see Koopman, 19786:15).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Artibeus . Handley (1987) would include this species in A. jamaicensis . See also comments under lituratus . See Handley (1991) for clarification of the holotype.