Taxonomic reassessment of bats from Castelnau s expedition to South America (1843 1847): Phyllostoma angusticeps Gervais, 1856 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)

Abstract

Gervais, in 1856, described the bats collected during Castelnau s expedition through South America (1843 1847). We report that Phyllostoma angusticeps (Gervais, 1856), long treated as a junior synonym of Phyllostomus discolor (Wagner, 1843), is not a representative of the genus Phyllostomus. In fact, as we demonstrate, it represents the taxon known as Trachops cirrhosus. We also provide a summary, in tabular form, of the genera and species first described by Gervais (1856).