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GENUS Artibeus

Author:Leach, 1821.
Citation:Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 75.
Type Species:Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821.
Comments:Subtribe Ectophyllina. Includes three subgenera as recognized here: Artibeus, Dermanura, and Koopmania. Does not include Enchisthenes; see Lim (1993), Van Den Bussche et al. (1993a, 1998), Baker et al. (2000), and Wetterer et al. (2000). Some researchers regard Dermanura as a distinct genus, but I prefer to treat it as a subgenus of Artibeus in recognition of its close phylogenetic affinities with Artibeus sensu stricto (see phylogenies in Van Den Bussche et al. [1993a, 1998], Baker et al. [2000], and Wetterer et al. [2000]). Large-bodied species (subgenus Artibeus) were reviewed by Marques-Aguiar (1994); see also Lim and Wilson (1993). Handley (1987) reviewed the smaller species (subgenera Dermanura and Koopmania). Species relationships discussed by Marques-Aguiar (1994) and Van Den Bussche et al. (1998).
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SUBGENUS Artibeus

SPECIES amplus

SPECIES fimbriatus

SPECIES fraterculus

SPECIES hirsutus

SPECIES inopinatus

SPECIES jamaicensis

SUBSPECIES jamaicensis

SUBSPECIES aequatorialis

SUBSPECIES fallax

SUBSPECIES grenadensis

SUBSPECIES hercules

SUBSPECIES parvipes

SUBSPECIES paulus

SUBSPECIES planirostris

SUBSPECIES richardsoni

SUBSPECIES schwartzi

SUBSPECIES trinitatis

SUBSPECIES triomylus

SUBSPECIES yucatanicus

SPECIES lituratus

SUBSPECIES lituratus

SUBSPECIES koopmani

SUBSPECIES palmarum

SPECIES obscurus

SUBGENUS Dermanura

SPECIES anderseni

SPECIES aztecus

SUBSPECIES aztecus

SUBSPECIES major

SUBSPECIES minor

SPECIES cinereus

SPECIES glaucus

SPECIES gnomus

SPECIES incomitatus

SPECIES phaeotis

SUBSPECIES phaeotis

SUBSPECIES nanus

SUBSPECIES palatinus

SUBSPECIES ravus

SPECIES toltecus

SUBSPECIES toltecus

SUBSPECIES hesperus

SPECIES watsoni

SUBGENUS Koopmania

SPECIES concolor

Synonyms:

    Arctibeus Gray, 1838
    Artibaeus Gervais, 1856
    Artibius Bonaparte, 1847
    Artobius Winge, 1892
    Medateus Leach, 1821
    Pteroderma Gervais, 1856

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