Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:32.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Molucca Islands, Ternate .

DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka and India through SE Asia to Lesser Sundas, the Philippines and Molucca Isis, various adjacent islands.

SYNONYMS: abditum, carimatae, celebensis, ceylonense, horsfieldi, kinabalu, lasiae, majus, medium, minus, naisense, natunae, pangandarana, siumatis, trifolium .