Emballonurinae Gervais 1855

Emballonurinae Gervais 1855, in: F. Comte de Castelnau, Exped. Partes Cen. Am. Sud., Zool. (Sec. 7), Vol. 1, pt. 2 (Mammiferes): 62 footnote.

Genera: 11 genera with 33 species:

Genus Balantiopteryx Peters 1867 (3 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Centronycteris Gray 1838 (2 species)

Genus Coleura Peters 1867 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Cormura Peters 1867 (1 species)

Genus Cyttarops Thomas 1913 (1 species)

Genus Diclidurus Wied-Neuwied 1819 (4 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Emballonura Temminck 1838 (9 species with 17 subspecies)

Genus Mosia Gray 1843 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Peropteryx Peters 1867 (4 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Rhynchonycteris Peters 1867 (1 species)

Genus Saccopteryx Illiger 1811 (5 species with 2 subspecies)

Discussion: McKenna and Bell (1997) divided this subfamily into two tribes, Emballonurini Gervais, 1855 ( Mosia, Emballonura, Coleura) and Diclidurini Gray, 1866 (Neotropical emballonurids). However, both of these groups may be paraphyletic as so defined (Dunlop, 1998). Accordingly, I do not recognize tribes within Emballonurinae at this time. For a key to Neotropical species see Jones and Hood (1993).