Melonycteris Dobson 1877

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 : 327

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Melonycteris Dobson 1877 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 119.

Type Species: Melonycteris melanops Dobson 1877

Species and subspecies: 3 species with 6 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Melonycteris (Melonycteris) Dobson 1877

Subgenus Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) Thomas 1887

Species Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) fardoulisi Flannery 1993

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) fardoulisi subsp. fardoulisi Flannery 1993

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) fardoulisi subsp. maccoyi Flannery 1993

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) fardoulisi subsp. mengermani Flannery 1993

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) fardoulisi subsp. schouteni Flannery 1993

Species Melonycteris (Melonycteris) melanops Dobson 1877

Species Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi Thomas 1887

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi subsp. woodfordi Thomas 1887

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi subsp. aurantius Phillips 1966

Discussion: Includes Nesonycteris ; see Phillips (1968) and Flannery (1993 b). Revised by Flannery (1993 b). Two subgenera are presently recognized, Melonycteris and Nesonycteris .