Order Chiroptera - Family Megadermatidae 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 1 379 380 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Lavia Gray 1838 Lavia Gray 1838 , Mag. Zool. Bot., 2: 490 . Type Species: Megaderma frons E. Geoffroy 1810 Synonyms: Livia Agassiz 1846 . Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies: Species Lavia frons (E. Geoffroy 1810) Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. frons E. Geoffroy 1810 Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. affinis K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907 Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. rex Miller 1905