Carollia benkeithi Solari and Baker, 2006

Velazco, Paúl M. & Patterson, Bruce D., 2019, Small Mammals Of The Mayo River Basin In Northern Peru, With The Description Of A New Species Of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019 (429), pp. 1-69 : 11-12

Carollia benkeithi Solari and Baker, 2006

VOUCHER MATERIAL: El Diamante: 2 adult males ( FMNH 203352 ; MUSM 39140 ), 2 adult females ( MUSM 39141 , 39142 ) ; Waqanki: 1 adult female ( FMNH 203546 ), 7 adult males ( MUSM 39136–39138 ; FMNH 203348 , 203350 , 203544 ) ; see table 4 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: Descriptions and measurements of Carollia benkeithi were provided by Solari and Baker (2006) and McLellan and Koopman (2008). No subspecies are currently recognized in C. benkeithi ( McLellan and Koopman, 2008) . Our specimens conform in all respects to previous descriptions of C. benkeithi : lateral rim of basisphenoid pits discontinues 3–4 mm anterior to posterolateral margin of basisphenoid, well-developed anterior cingulum of the second upper premolar, second upper premolar oriented in line with the axis of the skull creating an obtuse angle between the margins of the second premolar and first molar, and second upper premolar usually not in contact with first upper molar ( McLellan and Koopman, 2008). Our Mayo River basin voucher material falls within the range of measurements reported for the species ( Solari and Baker, 2006). Velazco (2013) identified the Mayo River basin voucher material as C. benkeithi .

REMARKS: The two females (MUSM 39141– 39142) collected at El Diamante were lactating.