) and P. atrata anceps (
). For names of islands see [Fig. 2].
Key to Subspecies of Pteralopex atrata
| 1. | Length of forearm 139-144 mm.; dorsal surface of distal one-fourth of tibia and entire metatarsus naked; known only from Guadalcanal and Santa Ysabel islands |
| [Pteralopex atrata atrata] | |
| 1'. | Length of forearm 162-166 mm.; dorsal surface of distal one-fourth of tibia and entire metatarsus furred; known only from Bougainville and Choiseul islands |
| [Pteralopex atrata anceps] | |
Pteralopex atrata atrata Thomas
1888. Pteralopex atrata Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 1:155, February, type from Guadalcanal; 1888, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 475, December 4; 1896, Heude, Mém. Hist. Nat. Emp. China, 3:179; 1897, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., 1:83; 1907, Miller, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 57:60, June 29; 1912, Andersen, Catalogue of the Chiroptera ... British Museum, 1:439; 1931, Sanborn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 18:21, February 12, from Santa Ysabel.
1954. Pteralopex atrata atrata, Laurie and Hill, List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands, p. 40, June 30.