1904. Pteropus solomonis Thomas, Novit. Zool., 11:597, type from Ghizo Island; 1912, Andersen, Catalogue of the Chiroptera ... British Museum, 1:149; 1931, Sanborn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 18:12, February 12, from Ronongo (Ganongga), Vella Lavella, and Narovo (Simbo) islands; 1947, Sanborn and Beecher, Jour. Mamm., 28:389, November 19, from Banika and Guadalcanal islands.
1954. Pteropus admiralitatum solomonis, Laurie and Hill, List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands, p. 33, June 30.
Specimens examined.—None.
Remarks.—Andersen (1912:149) considered Pteropus admiralitatum, and especially the subspecies P. a. solomonis, to be the easternmost "representative" of Pteropus hypomelanus. In comparison with P. hypomelanus luteus, P. a. solomonis differs mostly in size, being much smaller (length of forearm about 110 rather than 134). It is now known that both species occur on Banika Island in the Solomons.
The subspecies P. a. solomonis has been recorded from a "chain" of islands that included Vella Lavella, Simbo, Ghizo, Ganongga, Banika, and Guadalcanal (see [Fig. 5]).
Pteropus admiralitatum colonus Andersen
1908. Pteropus colonus Andersen, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2:363, October, type from Shortland Island; 1912, Andersen, Catalogue of the Chiroptera ... British Museum, 1:150; 1931, Sanborn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 18:12, February 12, from Mono Island.
1954. Pteropus admiralitatum colonus, Laurie and Hill, List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands, p. 33, June 30.
1887. Pteropus hypomelanus (part), Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 471, December 4; 1898, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., 1:82, from "I. Salomonis."