Mormoops megalophylla (Peters, 1864) . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1864:381.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Coahuila, Parras .

DISTRIBUTION: S Texas, S Arizona (LISA), and Baja California (Mexico) to NW Peru and N Venezuela; Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles); Trinidad; Margarita Isl (Venezuela).

SYNONYMS: carteri, intermedia, rufescens, senicula, tumidiceps .