Vampyrops Helleri Peters, 1866

Turni, Hendrik & Kock, Dieter, 2008, Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin, Zootaxa 1869 (1), pp. 1-82 : 49

Vampyrops Helleri Peters, 1866

Peters, W. C. H. (1866) Mittheilung über neue oder ungenügend bekannte Flederthiere ( Vampyrops , Uroderma , Chiroderma , Ametrida , Tylostoma , Vespertilio , Vesperugo ) und Nager ( Tylomys , Lasiomys ). Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1866: 392 [392–403].

Valid name: Platyrrhinus helleri ( Peters, 1866)

Syntype: ZMB 3276 , skin and skull, male; Mexico; collected by Heller, ex NMW.

Comment: Peters examined two specimens, but during this study only one was found in the collections of ZMB (also not in the NMW; see Carter & Dolan 1978: 53). Carter & Dolan (1978: 53) thought the ZMB syntype to be “probably female”, but according to the catalogue entry and label inscription the specimen ZMB 3276 is a male [not identifiable]. Contrary to the description of Carter & Dolan the skull of ZMB 3276 was extracted.