Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818 . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 23: 15.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Bahia, Rio Sao Francisco .

DISTRIBUTION: S Mexico to Guianas, E Brazil, N Argentina, and Peru.

SYNONYMS: affinis, cabrerai, irex, minor, zaparo.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Dirias . Formerly referred to as labialis; see Davis (1976). See Hood and Pitocchelli (1983, Mammalian Species, 197).