Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney Author Parnaby, Harry E. Author Ingleby, Sandy Author Divljan, Anja text Records of the Australian Museum 2017 2017-10-06 69 5 277 420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 2201-4349 5237800 68F315FF-3FEB-410E-96EC-5F494510F440 Hipposideros wollastoni parnabyi Flannery & Colgan, 1993 Rec. Aust. Mus. 45(1): 49, figs 6–10, table 4. ( 19 March 1993 ). Common name . Wollaston’s Leaf-nosed Bat. Current name . Hipposideros wollastoni parnabyi Flannery & Colgan, 1993 ; following Simmons (2005) . Holotype . M.15892 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. FZ80], skull, body in alc., collected from a cave on 9 July 1985 by T. F. Flannery, registered 28 August 1986 . Condition . Cranium and dentaries complete, soft palate retained on skull. Body in alc.: both forearms broken, hole in left wing membrane between 4th and 5th digit, slit on the right side of the head. Type locality . Cave in the Nong River valley adjacent to Miptigin, Telefomin area ( 5°11'S 141°35'E ), West Sepik Province , Papua New Guinea . Paratypes . (32, by original designation). All collected by T. F. Flannery in the Telefomin and Tifalmin areas, West Sepik Province , Papua New Guinea . M.15893 , male; M.15894 , female; M.15895 , male; M.15896 , female; M.15897 , male; all five are skulls, bodies in alc., details per holotype . M.15885 , female, frozen tissue; M.15886 , male, frozen tissue; M.15887 , female, (skull exchanged to WAM ), frozen tissue; M.15890 , male, frozen tissue; M.15891 , female, frozen tissue; all five are skulls, bodies in alc., collected 8 July 1985 other details per holotype . M.15888 , female, skull, body in alc., collected 10 July 1985 , Miptigin, Telefomin Area [ 5°10'S 141°35'E ], West Sepik Province , Papua New Guinea . M.16721 , female, body in alc., collected 11 April 1986 , cave 1100 m NW from end of Telefomin Airstrip [ 5°06'S 141°37'E ]. M.17918 , male, body in alc., collected 14 April 1987 , Inumflatem, Tifalmin valley [ 5°07'S 141°25'E ]. M.17919 , female, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue; M.17920 , female, body in alc., frozen tissue; M.17921 , female, body in alc.; M.17923 , male, body in alc.; M.17930 , female, body in alc., all collected 10 April 1987 , cave on south side of Tifalmin Valley [ 5°07'S 141°25'E ]. M.17917 , female, body in alc.; M.17931 , female, skull, body in alc., both collected 12 April 1987 , Tifalmin. M.17922 , female, body in alc., collected 10 April 1987 , Mountain side, Tifalmin. M.17925–26 , both males, skulls, bodies in alc., both collected 21 April 1990 ; M.21875 , female body in alc.; M.23203 , male, body in alc., both collected 14 April 1987 , all four from hill on south side of Tifalmin. M.17929 , female, skull, body in alc., collected 12 April 1987 ; M.17924 , male body in alc., collected 14 April 1987 , both from mountain south of Tifalmin. M.21743 , male, skull, body in alc., collected 20 February 1990 ; M.21744 , male, skull, body in alc., and M.21745 , female, skull, study skin, [skinned body in alc.], collected 21 March 1990 , all three from south of Tifalmin [ 5°07'S 141°26'E ]. M.17927 , male, body in alc.; M.17928 , female, skull, body in alc., both collected 14 April 1987 , Waratem cave on N side of Tifalmin valley. Comments . Original description indicates a total of 32 paratypes . Flannery & Seri (1990b) describe the type locality and several other collecting localities of the type series. Suspected to be a full species by Helgen (2007) but retained as a subspecies here, pending formal elevation to species.