Paranyctimene Tate 1942

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 : 332

Paranyctimene Tate 1942

Paranyctimene Tate 1942 , Am. Mus. Novit., 1204: 1.

Type Species: Paranyctimene raptor Tate 1942

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Paranyctimene raptor Tate 1942

Species Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001

Subspecies Paranyctimene tenax subsp. tenax Bergmans 2001

Subspecies Paranyctimene tenax subsp. marculus Bergmans 2001

Discussion: Revised by Bergmans (2001). Bergmans (2001) proposed that Paranyctimene be considered a subgenus of Nyctimene , but I retain Paranyctimene as a distinct genus pending studies of phylogenetic relationships of these taxa. Should Paranyctimene be shown to nest within a clade of Nyctimene species, I would support synonymizing these genera. However, I see little to be gained by this change if Nyctimene sensu stricto proves to be monophyletic with respect to Paranyctimene (and vice versa) given the long history of usage of these names. Electophoretic data published by Donnellan et al. (1995) suggests that these taxa are indeed reciprocally monophyletic.