Pteronotus Gray, 1838 . Mag. Zool. Bot., 2:500.

TYPE SPECIES: Pteronotus davyi Gray, 1838 .

SYNONYMS: Chilonycteris, Phyllodia .

COMMENTS: Includes Chilonycteris and Phyllodia; see Smith (1972:55). A key to this genus was presented by Herd (1983) and by Rodriguez-Durän and Kunz (1992).