Myropteryx pullus Miller, 1906

Turni, Hendrik & Kock, Dieter, 2008, Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin, Zootaxa 1869 (1), pp. 1-82 : 24

Myropteryx pullus Miller, 1906

Miller, G.S. Jr. (1906) A new genus of sac-winged bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 19 (1906): 60 [59–60].

Valid name: Cormura brevirostris (Wagner, 1843)

Type species of Myropteryx Miller, 1906

Holotype: ZMB 3360 , body in alcohol, skull extracted (but lost), female, adult; “Albina Maroni” = Albina, Marowijne river, Surinam [= restricted type locality]; collected by Kappler.

Paratype (same locality and collector as for the holotype): ZMB 3360 a, body in alcohol, skull (fragments) extracted, male .

Comment : Husson (1962: 46, 48) identified ZMB 3360 as the holotype, while Carter & Dolan (1978: 19) identified the female as the holotype. According to the catalogue entry the male is the holotype: “Männchen Typus von Myropteryx pullus Miller. Proc Biol. Soc. Washington XIX. 1906, 59/60”, although contrary to this, the male ( ZMB 3360 a) is labelled as “ paratype ”. A further paratype is at BMNH (1912.11.27.1).