Nyctimene Borkhausen 1797

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 329

Nyctimene Borkhausen 1797

Nyctimene Borkhausen 1797 , Deutsche Fauna, Vol. 1: 86.

Type Species: Vespertilio cephalotes Pallas 1767

Synonyms: Bdelygma Matschie 1899 ; Cephalotes E. Geoffroy 1810 ; Gelasinus Temminck 1837 ; Harpyia Illiger 1811 ; Uronycteris Gray 1863 .

Species and subspecies: 15 species with 15 subspecies:

Species Nyctimene aello Thomas 1900

Species Nyctimene albiventer Gray 1862

Subspecies Nyctimene albiventer subsp. albiventer Gray 1862

Subspecies Nyctimene albiventer subsp. papuanus K. Andersen 1910

Species Nyctimene cephalotes ( Pallas 1767)

Subspecies Nyctimene cephalotes subsp. cephalotes Pallas 1767

Subspecies Nyctimene cephalotes subsp. aplini Kitchener 1995

Species Nyctimene certans K. Andersen 1912

Species Nyctimene cyclotis K. Andersen 1910

Species Nyctimene draconilla Thomas 1922

Species Nyctimene keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer, and Maryanto 1993

Subspecies Nyctimene keasti subsp. keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer, and Maryanto 1993

Subspecies Nyctimene keasti subsp. babari Bergmans 2001

Subspecies Nyctimene keasti subsp. tozeri Kitchener 1995

Species Nyctimene major Dobson 1877

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. major Dobson 1877

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. geminus K. Andersen 1910

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. lullulae Thomas 1904

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. scitulus K. Andersen 1910

Species Nyctimene malaitensis Phillips 1968

Species Nyctimene masalai Smith and Hood 1983

Species Nyctimene minutus K. Andersen 1910

Subspecies Nyctimene minutus subsp. minutus K. Andersen 1910

Subspecies Nyctimene minutus subsp. varius K. Andersen 1910

Species Nyctimene rabori Heaney and Peterson 1984

Species Nyctimene robinsoni Thomas 1904

Species Nyctimene sanctacrucis Troughton 1931

Species Nyctimene vizcaccia Thomas 1914

Subspecies Nyctimene vizcaccia subsp. vizcaccia Thomas 1914

Subspecies Nyctimene vizcaccia subsp. bougainville Troughton 1936

Discussion: Reviewed by Smith and Hood (1983) and Bergmans (2001). Bergmans (2001) proposed inclusion of Paranyctimene as a subgenus of Nyctimene , but I retain Paranyctimene as a distinct genus pending phylogenetic studies of relationships of these taxa (see comments under Paranyctimene ). Species groups follow Bergmans (2001).