Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas, 1767) . Spicil. Zool., 3:7.

TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam .

DISTRIBUTION: Honduras to Guianas, E Brazil, Paraguay, N Argentina, and Peru; Trinidad and Tobago; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Bolivia.

SYNONYMS: aruma, caucae, caurae, curaca, maximus, paeze, panamensis.