Melonycteris melanops

Melonycteris melanops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Melonycterini
Genus: Melonycteris
Species: Melonycteris melanops

Name

Melonycteris melanops Dobson, 1877: 119

• Holotype: BMNH 1877.7.18.10, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Rev. George Brown.
• Type locality: “Duke-of-York Island and adjacents coasts of New Ireland and New Britain”, restricted “Duke of York Island” by Dobson (1878: 98) and to “New Ireland” by Andersen (1912: 790).
• Paratype: BMNH 1877.7.18.16, adult ♀, skin with skull extracted, same data as for the holotype.

Synonyms

• Pteropus (Chieropteruges) alboscapulatus Ramsay, 1877: 17 [synonymised by Dobson (1878: 97)]
  • Holotype: AM P1271, adult ♂, skin with skull inside, collected by Rev. George Brown.
  • Type locality: “Duke of York Island”.

Native distribution areas

• Papua New Guinea: Bismarck archipelago: New Ireland, Duke of York, Mioko, New Britain, Tolokiwa, Umboi and Dyual islands.

References

Primary references

• Dobson, G.E. 1877. On a collection of Chiroptera from Duke-of-York Island and adjacent parts of New Ireland and New Britain. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 114–173. BHL
• Ramsay, E.P. 1877. Descriptions of two supposed new species of Mus and of a pteropodine bat, of a new genus, from the Duke of York Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 15–19. BHL

Links

• Pennay, M. 2021. IUCN: Melonycteris melanops  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13139A21977021. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13139A21977021.en. Accessed on 10 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Bismarck Blossom Bat