Mystacina
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Mystacinidae
Genus: Mystacina
Species (2 + †1):
†M. miocenalis –
M. robusta –
M. tuberculata
Name
[edit]- Type species: Mystacina tuberculata Gray, 1843, by original designation and monotypy.
- Gender: feminine.
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1994 (2002: 63).
Synonyms
[edit]- Mystacops Lydekker, 1891: 671 [nomen novum pro Mystacina Gray, 1843]
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1994 (2002: 63).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Gray, J.E. 1843. Descriptions of the reptiles and Amphibia hitherto observed in New Zealand. Pp. 202–206 in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray: London. BHL Reference page.
- Gray, J.E. 1843: List of Mammalia hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand. Pp. 181–185, 296 (addendum) in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray, London, England. BHL Reference page.
- Flower, W.H. & Lydekker, R. 1891. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Adam and Charles Black: London. 763 pp. BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2002. Opinion 1994 (Case 3095). Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and Vespertilio tuberculatus J.R. Forster, 1844 (currently C. tuberculatus) (Mammalia, Chiroptera): usage of the generic and specific names conserved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59(1): 63–64. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Carter, G.G.; Riskin, D.K. 2006: Mystacina tuberculata. Mammalian species, (790) DOI: 10.1644/790.1
- Daniel, M.J. 1979: The New Zealand short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata; a review of present knowledge. New Zealand journal of zoology, 6: 357–370. BUGZ
- Gray, J.E. 1843: Voyage H.M.S. "Sulphur," Mamm., 1, 23.
- Hill, J.E. & Daniel, M.J. 1985. Systematics of the New Zealand short-tailed bat Mystacina Gray, 1843 (Chiroptera: Mystacinidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 48(4): 279–300. BHL Reference page.
- Kennedy, M.; Wilson, K.-J.; Worthy, T.; Paterson, A.; Dwyer, P.D. 2000: Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of the names Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and C. tuberculatus (J.R. Forster, 1844) (Mammalia, Chiroptera) (Case 3095; see BZN 56: 250–254). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 57(2): 117–118. Internet Archive BHL
- Spencer, H.G.; Lee, D.E. 1999: Case 3095. Mystacina Gray, 1843, Chalinolobus Peters, 1866, M. tuberculata Gray, 1843 and Vespertilio tuberculatus J.R. Forster, 1844 (currently C. tuberculatus) (Mammalia, Chiroptera): proposed conservation of usage of the names. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 56(4): 250–254. Internet Archive BHL
- Worthy, T.H.; Scofield, P. 2004: Skeletal and dental variation within and between Mystacina species in southern New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 31: 351–361.