Systematics of Megachiropteran Bats in the Solomon Islands

by Carleton J. Phillips

In Nyctimene major, as in N. albiventer, most males are grayish-brown, whereas most females are pale gray.

Nyctimene major scitulus Andersen

1910. Nyctimene scitulus Andersen, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6:623, December 1, type from Shortland; 1912, Andersen, Catalogue of the Chiroptera ... British Museum, 1:711, from Shortland, New Georgia, Florida, Guadalcanal; 1931, Troughton, Proc. Linnean Soc. New South Wales, 56:206, July 15; 1931, Sanborn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 18:22, February 12, from Choiseul and Malapa; 1942, Tate, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 80:342, December 31.

1954. Nyctimene major scitulus, Laurie and Hill, List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands, p. 47, June 30.

1862. Harpyia pallasi, Gerrard, Catalogue of the bones ... British Museum, p. 58.

1870. Harpyia cephalotes, Gray, Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs and fruit-eating bats in the British Museum, p. 121.

1878. Harpyia major, Dobson, Catalogue of the Chiroptera ... British Museum, p. 90; 1879, Trouessart, Rev. Mag. Zool., 3:207; 1887, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 323; 1888, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 476; 1897, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., 1:87.

1899. Cephalotes major, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., 2:1277.

1899. Gelasinus major, Matschie, Die Megachiroptera ... naturkunde, p. 84; 1904, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., Suppl., p. 64.

Specimens examined (four males and one female; dried skins with skulls inside).—Florida in October, 24397, 24413, 24418, 24419.