Pteronotus davyi incae Smith, 1972

Pavan, Ana Carolina, Cadenillas, Richard, Centty, Oscar, Pacheco, Víctor & Velazco, Paúl M., 2021, On the taxonomic identity of Pteronotus davyi incae Smith, 1972 (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae), American Museum Novitates 2021 (3966), pp. 1-24 : 17

Pteronotus davyi incae Smith, 1972

HOLOTYPE: TCWC 11638 is an adult male specimen preserved as a study skin with the skull removed and cleaned. It was collected by Dilford C. Carter (original number: 5313) on 28 July 1964 at 4 mi W of Suyo (-4.5167, -80.0667; 305 m above sea level), province of Piura, department of Piura, Peru.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northwestern Peru, in the departments of Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Piura (fig. 1) .

NATURAL HISTORY: P. davyi incae inhabits dry forest and montane forest. Lowland habitats are characterized by the presence of Loxopterygium huasango (Anacardiaceae) ; Handroanthus chrysantha , Tecoma weberbaueriana (Bignoniaceae) ; Cochlospermum vitifolium (Bixaceae) ; Ceiba trichistandra , Eriotheca ruizii (Malvaceae) ; Cordia lutea , Cordia peruviana (Boraginaceae) ; Bursera graveolens (Burseraceae) ; Colicodendron scabridum (Capparaceae) ; Ipomoea carnea , Ipomoea philomega (Convolvulaceae) ; Muntingia calabura (Muntingiaceae) ; Acacia macracantha , Pithecellobium multiflorum , Prosopis pallida (Fabacea) ; Psittacanthus tumbecensis (Loranthaceae) ; and Ficus jacobii (Moraceae) (Leal-Pinedo and Linares Palomino, 2005; Linares-Palomino and Ponce-Alvarez, 2005; Linares-Palomino and Pennington, 2007; Odar 2010). Lowland populations of P. d. incae occur in sympatry with Artibeus fraterculus , Desmodus rotundus , Glossophaga soricina , Lonchophylla hesperia , Lophostoma occidentalis , Phylloderma stenops , Phyllostomus discolor , Sturnira bakeri , Eptesicus innoxius , and Molossus molossus ( Pacheco et al., 2009; Velazco and Cadenillas, 2011). Individuals from San Ignacio and Yaquil (MUMS 52786, 52787) were captured in a double-high mist-nest system, both at 4.5 meters above ground, and individuals from Salitral-Huarmanca (MUSM 34625, 34626) were collected at 4 meters, one with a high mist net system and the other with a shotgun.