Thyroptera discifera

(H. Lichtenstein & W. C. H. Peters, 1854)

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Thyropteridae
Genus : Thyroptera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lichtenstein, H. and Peters, W.C.H. 1854. Über Hyonycteris, eine neue Gattung von Flederthieren aus Puerto Cabello. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854:335-336.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068236

Original name as described

Hyonycteris discifera

Type material

ZMB 59067

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Puerto Cabello (America Centralis)." Corrected by D. E. Wilson in 1976 to Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005095

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hyonycteris discifera

(H. Lichtenstein & W. C. H. Peters, 1854)

Family

Thyropteridae

Root name

discifera

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 59067

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

336

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068236

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Thyroptera discifera

Fitzinger, 1870

Family

Thyropteridae

Root name

discifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704476

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1870:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Uchikawa (1988:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4547)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Anderson (1997:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  9. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21877/21985811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Thyroptera discifera major

G. S. Miller, 1931

Family

Thyropteridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:105419

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a2067d90-a47d-490d-ab9f-7c807b93f60b

Authority page

411

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Thyroptera discifera abdita

D. E. Wilson, 1976

Family

Thyropteridae

Root name

abdita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:51538

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f1fb79b9-3e6f-4e42-99e6-82ae01bdc65e

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34558649

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

T. d. discifera

Koopman, 1994

Family

Thyropteridae

Root name

discifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Anderson (1997:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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