Authority citation: Spix, J.B. von. 1823. Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S. M. le roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Franciscus Seraphicus Hübschmann, Munich, 72 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826995
Original name as described: Phyllostoma planirostre
Nominal names: planirostris (von Spix, 1823) | lobatus J. E. Gray, 1838 | fallax W. C. H. Peters, 1865 | hercules Rehn, 1902 | grenadensis Andersen, 1906 | trinitatis Andersen, 1906 | validus (D. G. Elliot, 1907) | validium (Sanborn, 1947) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | alidum Simmons, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: Flat-headed Fruit-eating Bat|Spix's Artibeus
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Phyllostomidae -- Subfamily: Stenodermatinae -- Tribe: Stenodermatini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZSM 66
Type locality: "suburbiis Bahiae." Identified by C. T. de Carvalho in 1965 as Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Grenada (GRD) | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Colombia (COL) | Venezuela (VEN) | Guyana (GUY) | Suriname (SUR) | Brazil (BRA) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER) | Bolivia (BOL) | Paraguay (PRY) | Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: split from A. jamaicensis
Citation: NA
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