Nyctimene wrightae Irwin 2017

Nyctimene wrightae Irwin, 2017

Rec. Aust. Mus. 69(2): 73–100, figs 3, 4, 6–12, tables 2–6. (9 August 2017).

Common name. Hamamas Tube-nosed Fruit Bat.

Holotype. M.16423 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. U35] skull, body in alc., collected on 7 November 1985 by Dr Ken Aplin.

Condition. Cranium, mandible and body complete and in good condition.

Type locality. Namosado (06°15'S 142°47'E), [750–1000 m alt., from field datasheet], Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Altitude of 500 m given in original account arose from AM database-error.

Paratypes. (15 by original designation). M.16230 (Field no. FA332), male, skull, body in alc., and M.16231 (Field no. FA357), female adult, skull, body in alc., both collected on 8 April 1986, M.16870 (Field no. FA 394), male adult, body in alc., collected on 9 April 1986, all three collected by T. Flannery and T. Ennis from Munbil, Star Mountains, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea; M.16426 (Field no. X19), male adult, skull, body in alc., collected on 22 November 1985, M.16428 (Field no. X97), female adult, body in alc., collected on 24 November 1985, M.16432 (Field no. Y20), male adult, body in alc., collected on 25 November 1985, all three collected by K. Aplin from Waro, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea; M.16421 (Field no. H29), female sub-adult, collected on 17 October 1985, M.16422 (Field no. H49), female adult, collected on 19 October 1985, both bodies in alc. and skulls extracted, M.16440 (Field no. G97), female adult, body in alc., collected on 15 October 1985, M.16441 (Field no. L24), female adult, body in alc., collected on 14 October 1985, all four collected by K. Aplin, Magidobo, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea; M.16443 (Field no. F04), male adult, skull, body in alc., and M.16444 (Field no. K10), female adult, body in alc., collected respectively on 7 and 11 October 1985, by K. Aplin from Bobole village, Mt Sisa, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea; M.17887 (Field no. FB2), male adult, skull, study skin, collected on 30 March 1986 by T. Flannery in regrowth, outskirts of Tabubil, Western Province, Papua New Guinea; M.21771 (Field no. FJ139), female sub-adult, body in alc., collected on 8 March 1990 by T. Flannery, Mt Somoro Summit, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea; M.32382 (Field no. B32), male adult, skull, study skin, collected on 12 June 1994 by Boeadi, Timika area, roadside forest at new town complex, Papua Province, Indonesia.

Comments. A total of 29 paratypes, other paratypes are in the BBM, BMNH, PNGM and WAM.