Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae 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 1 313 350 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Nyctimene Borkhausen 1797 Nyctimene Borkhausen 1797 , Deutsche Fauna, Vol. 1: 86 . Type Species: Vespertilio cephalotes Pallas 1767 Synonyms: Bdelygma Matschie 1899 ; Cephalotes E. Geoffroy 1810 ; Gelasinus Temminck 1837 ; Harpyia Illiger 1811 ; Uronycteris Gray 1863 . Species and subspecies: 15 species with 15 subspecies: Species Nyctimene aello Thomas 1900 Species Nyctimene albiventer Gray 1862 Subspecies Nyctimene albiventer subsp. albiventer Gray 1862 Subspecies Nyctimene albiventer subsp. papuanus K. Andersen 1910 Species Nyctimene cephalotes ( Pallas 1767 ) Subspecies Nyctimene cephalotes subsp. cephalotes Pallas 1767 Subspecies Nyctimene cephalotes subsp. aplini Kitchener 1995 Species Nyctimene certans K. Andersen 1912 Species Nyctimene cyclotis K. Andersen 1910 Species Nyctimene draconilla Thomas 1922 Species Nyctimene keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer, and Maryanto 1993 Subspecies Nyctimene keasti subsp. keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer, and Maryanto 1993 Subspecies Nyctimene keasti subsp. babari Bergmans 2001 Subspecies Nyctimene keasti subsp. tozeri Kitchener 1995 Species Nyctimene major Dobson 1877 Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. major Dobson 1877 Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. geminus K. Andersen 1910 Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. lullulae Thomas 1904 Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. scitulus K. Andersen 1910 Species Nyctimene malaitensis Phillips 1968 Species Nyctimene masalai Smith and Hood 1983 Species Nyctimene minutus K. Andersen 1910 Subspecies Nyctimene minutus subsp. minutus K. Andersen 1910 Subspecies Nyctimene minutus subsp. varius K. Andersen 1910 Species Nyctimene rabori Heaney and Peterson 1984 Species Nyctimene robinsoni Thomas 1904 Species Nyctimene sanctacrucis Troughton 1931 Species Nyctimene vizcaccia Thomas 1914 Subspecies Nyctimene vizcaccia subsp. vizcaccia Thomas 1914 Subspecies Nyctimene vizcaccia subsp. bougainville Troughton 1936 Discussion: Reviewed by Smith and Hood (1983) and Bergmans (2001) . Bergmans (2001) proposed inclusion of Paranyctimene as a subgenus of Nyctimene , but I retain Paranyctimene as a distinct genus pending phylogenetic studies of relationships of these taxa (see comments under Paranyctimene ). Species groups follow Bergmans (2001) .