Micronycteris brachyotis (Dobson, 1879) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878:880 [1879].

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: Oaxaca (Mexico) to French Guiana and Brazil; Trinidad.

SYNONYMS: platyceps.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Lampronycteris . Includes platyceps; see Jones and Carter (1976:9). See Medellin et al. (1985, Mammalian Species, 251).