Pteralopex flanneryi Helgen, 2005b

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 384

Pteralopex flanneryi Helgen, 2005b

Systematics and Biodiversity 3(4): 437, figs 2–3, 5. (24 November 2005).

Common name. Greater Monkey-faced Bat.

Current name. Pteralopex flanneryi K. Helgen, 2005b .

Holotype. M.6282 by original designation. Male adult, skull, study skin, collected by J. B. Poncelet, collection date not recorded in register; registered 9 March 1937. Locality given in register is “Buin district”.

Condition. Cranium missing both auditory rings, otherwise complete, loose upper left second post-canine tooth, missing lower left second post-canine tooth. Study skin with minor holes in wing membranes.

Type locality. Buin District (6°50'S 155°44'E), southern Bougainville Island, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea. The original description gives the locality of the holotype as “Buin District (6°50'S 155°44'E), 10 miles inland from the coast, alt. 50 m ” but this might be a misattribution of data from a paratype.

Paratypes. (3, by original designation). M.6498, young adult female, skull, study skin, Buin district, 10 miles inland, Bougainville, collected 25 September 1937 by J. B. Poncelet, registered 21 June 1938. M.6346, adult male, body in alc., collected 3 March 1937 and M.6347, adult female, skull, study skin, collected 30 March 1937; both from Iula (06°50'S 155°45'E), 15 miles inland from the coast, alt. 150 m, Bougainville, both collected by J. B. Poncelet and both registered 29 September 1937.

Referred specimen. M.19822, (?) young adult male, skull, study skin, from Malasang-Kakalis Hamlet (05°21'S 154°41'E), Buka Island, collected September 1987 by S. Wickler, registered 23 January 1989.

Comments. Type series of eight specimens, other paratypes are at the USNM and BBM.