Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 395 426 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Vampyressa Thomas 1900 Vampyressa Thomas 1900 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 270 . Type Species: Phyllostoma pusillum Wagner 1843 Species and subspecies: 6 species in 3 subgenera: Subgenus Vampyressa (Vampyressa) Thomas 1900 Subgenus Vampyressa (Metavampyressa) Peterson 1968 Subgenus Vampyressa (Vampyriscus) Thomas 1900 Species Vampyressa (Vampyriscus) bidens (Dobson 1878) Species Vampyressa (Metavampyressa) brocki Peterson 1968 Species Vampyressa (Vampyressa) melissa Thomas 1926 Species Vampyressa (Metavampyressa) nymphaea Thomas 1909 Species Vampyressa (Vampyressa) pusilla (Wagner 1843) Species Vampyressa (Vampyressa) thyone Thomas 1909 Discussion: Subtribe Ectophyllina . Includes Metavampyressa and Vampyriscus , here recognized as subgenera along with Vampyressa ; see Jones and Carter (1976) . Probably not monophyletic; see Wetterer et al. (2000) and Baker et al. (2000) . A key for this genus was presented in Lewis and Wilson (1987) . See Lim et al. (2003) for a phylogeny of the genus.