Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926

Tavares, Valéria Da C., Gardner, Alfred L., Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E. & Velazco, Paúl M., 2014, Systematics of Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of Vampyressa, American Museum Novitates 2014 (3813), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926

Melissa’s Yellow-eared Bat

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Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926: 157 , type locality “ Puca Tambo , Peru, altitude 7100′,” San Martín, Peru.

Vampyressa (Vampyressa) melissa: Peterson, 1968: 14 ; name combination.

TYPE MATERIAL: The holotype BMNH 26.5 .3.4 consists of a relatively well-preserved skin and skull of an adult female from Puca Tambo (6°9′S, 77°16′W), Moyobamba, department of

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FIG. 4. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the skull of Vampyressa elisabethae (USNM 319283 [holotype]; male) from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Dorsal (C) and ventral (D) views of the skull of V. melissa (FMNH 174909; female) from Cuzco, Peru. Dorsal (E) and ventral (F) views of the skull of V. sinchi (FMNH 114028 [holotype]; female) from Nariño, Colombia. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIG. 5. Frontal view and dorsal view of external nares of the skulls of V. melissa, USNM 548310 (A, D); V. sinchi, sp. nov., FMNH 114028 [holotype] (B, E); V. elisabethae, sp. nov., USNM 319285 (C) and USNM 319284 (F). Abbreviations: amf, accessory medial foramen; mp, mesethmoid plate; p, median premaxillary pit; s, septum between incisive foramina. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIG. 6. Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (A) Vampyressa elisabethae (USNM 319283 [holotype]; male). Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (B) V. melissa (FMNH 174909; female). Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (C) V. sinchi (FMNH 114028 [holotype]; female). Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIG. 7. Rami of V.melissa, USNM 548310 (A) and V. elisabethae, sp. nov., USNM 319284 (B). Note spiculelike m3 in V. melissa (lacking in V. elisabethae) and posterolabial cusp on p4 in V. elisabethae (lacking in V. melissa). Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIG. 8. Partial views of the basicranial region of V. melissa, USNM 548310 (A); V. sinchi, sp. nov., FMNH 114028 [holotype] (B); V. elisabethae, sp. nov., USNM 319282 (C). Abbreviations: be, bony excrescence; cb, extension of caudal border of pterygoid; fo, foramen ovale; pg, postglenoid process; sf, orbitosphenoid fissure. Scale bar = 5 mm.