Platyrrhinus Saussure 1860

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 422

Platyrrhinus Saussure 1860

Platyrrhinus Saussure 1860 , Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12: 429.

Type Species: Phyllostoma lineatum E. Geoffroy 1810

Synonyms: Vampyrops Peters 1865 .

Species and subspecies: 10 species with 7 subspecies:

Species Platyrrhinus aurarius Handley and Ferris 1972

Species Platyrrhinus brachycephalus Rouk and Carter 1972

Species Platyrrhinus chocoensis Alberico and Velasco 1991

Species Platyrrhinus dorsalis Thomas 1900

Species Platyrrhinus helleri Peters 1866

Subspecies Platyrrhinus helleri subsp. helleri Peters 1866

Subspecies Platyrrhinus helleri subsp. incarum Thomas 1912

Species Platyrrhinus infuscus Peters 1880

Species Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Subspecies Platyrrhinus lineatus subsp. lineatus E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Platyrrhinus lineatus subsp. nigellus Gardner and Carter 1972

Species Platyrrhinus recifinus Thomas 1901

Species Platyrrhinus umbratus Lyon 1902

Subspecies Platyrrhinus umbratus subsp. umbratus Lyon 1902

Subspecies Platyrrhinus umbratus subsp. aquilius Handley and Ferris 1972

Subspecies Platyrrhinus umbratus subsp. oratus Thomas 1914

Species Platyrrhinus vittatus Peters 1860

Discussion: Subtribe Ectophyllina . For a history of the nomeclature of this genus and reasons for using Platyrrhinus in place of Vampyrops , see Gardner and Ferrell (1990) and Alberico and Velasco (1991). A key to the genus was provided by Ferrell and Wilson (1991).