Artibeus fraterculus Anthony, 1924 . Am. Mus. Novit., 114:5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, El Oro, Portovelo, 2,000 ft. (610 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador, Peru.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Artibeus . Considered a subspecies of jamaicensis by Jones and Carter (1976:2); but see Koopman (19786:14).