Authority citation: Velazco, P.M. and Gardner, A.L. 2009-10-14. A new species of Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from western Colombia and Ecuador, with emended diagnoses of _P. aquilus_, _P. dorsalis_, and _P. umbratus_. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(3):249-281.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.2988/08-40.1
Original name as described: Platyrrhinus nitelinea
Nominal names: nitelinea Velazco & A. L. Gardner, 2009
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Phyllostomidae -- Subfamily: Stenodermatinae -- Tribe: Stenodermatini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:513461
Type locality: "1 km SW of Puente de Moromoro, 3480 ft (1060 m); El Oro Province; Ecuador (03°44'S, 79°44'W)."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Colombia (COL) | Ecuador (ECU)
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:
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Velazco, P. M., & Gardner, A. L. (2009). A new species of Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from western Colombia and Ecuador, with emended diagnoses of P. aquilus, P. dorsalis, and P. umbratus. Proceedings of the biological society of Washington, 122(3), 249-281.
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