Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin Author Turni, Hendrik Author Kock, Dieter text Zootaxa 2008 2008-09-03 1869 1 1 82 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1869.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1 1175­5334 5133648 Artibeus vittatus Peters, 1859 Peters, W.C.H. (1859) Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Chiropteren. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin , 1859: 225 [222–225] Valid name: Platyrrhinus vittatus (Peters, 1859) Holotype : ZMB 568 , skin and skull (extracted) in alcohol, male, adult; Puerto Cabello, Carabobo , Venezuela ; collected by Appun. Comment: Carter & Dolan (1978: 52) mentioned ZMB 568 as holotype or syntype , however, there is no indication in the description that Peters examined more than one specimen . According to the gen- eral catalogue of the few bats collected by Appun in Puerto Cabello only ZMB 568 is referred to Artibeus vittatus by Peters.