Melonycteris fardoulisi schouteni Flannery, 1993b

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Melonycteris fardoulisi schouteni Flannery, 1993b

Rec. Aust. Mus. 45(1): 72, figs 9–10, table 4. (19 March 1993).

Common name. Fardoulis’s Blossom Bat.

Current name. Melonycteris fardoulisi schouteni Flannery, 1993b ; following Simmons (2005).

Holotype. M.18841 by original designation. Male adult, [FD752], skull, study skin, [skinned body in alc.]. Collected by T. F. Flannery, 1 December 1987; registered 26 April 1988.

Condition. Cranium and dentaries complete, mandibular post-canine teeth worn to gum. Study skin in good condition.

Type locality. Kokaleku Village (9°28'S 159°53'E), alt . 400–500 m, northern Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands .

Paratypes. (2, by original designation). M.18830, adult female, skull, study skin; M.20113, adult female, body in alc., (erroneously given as M. 20133 in original account). Locality and collecting details of both as for holotype.

Comments. Three specimens in the type series.