Pteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843:50.

TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica .

DISTRIBUTION: Peru, Brazil, Guianas, and Venezuela to S Sonora and S Tamaulipas (Mexico); Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Hispaniola; Trinidad and Tobago; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); La Gonave Isl (Haiti).

SYNONYMS: boothi, fuscus, gonavensis, mesoamericanus, mexicanus, osburni, paraguanensis, portoricensis, pusillus, rubiginosus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Phyllodia . See Herd (1983, Mammalian Species, 209).