Triaenops persicus Dobson, 1871 . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 40:455.

TYPE LOCALITY: Iran, Shiraz, 4,750 ft. (1,448 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Yemen, Oman, Congo Republic, Iran, perhaps Egypt.

SYNONYMS: afer, humbloti, macdonaldi, majusculus, rufus (see Hayman and Hill, 1971:30, and Hill, 1982).