Vampyressa Thomas 1900

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 : 425

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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scientific name	Vampyressa Thomas 1900
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Treatment

Vampyressa Thomas 1900 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 270.

Type Species: Phyllostoma pusillum Wagner 1843

Species and subspecies: 6 species in 3 subgenera:

Subgenus Vampyressa (Vampyressa) Thomas 1900

Subgenus Vampyressa (Metavampyressa) Peterson 1968

Subgenus Vampyressa (Vampyriscus) Thomas 1900

Species Vampyressa (Vampyriscus) bidens (Dobson 1878)

Species Vampyressa (Metavampyressa) brocki Peterson 1968

Species Vampyressa (Vampyressa) melissa Thomas 1926

Species Vampyressa (Metavampyressa) nymphaea Thomas 1909

Species Vampyressa (Vampyressa) pusilla (Wagner 1843)

Species Vampyressa (Vampyressa) thyone Thomas 1909

Discussion: Subtribe Ectophyllina . Includes Metavampyressa and Vampyriscus , here recognized as subgenera along with Vampyressa ; see Jones and Carter (1976). Probably not monophyletic; see Wetterer et al. (2000) and Baker et al. (2000). A key for this genus was presented in Lewis and Wilson (1987). See Lim et al. (2003) for a phylogeny of the genus.