Emballonura dianae fruhstorferi Flannery, 1995a [not 1994]

Mammalia 58(4): 609, figs 3–4, table 2. (23 February 1995). Errata, fig. 4 see Mammalia 59(1)

Common name. Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat.

Current name. Emballonura dianae fruhstorferi Flannery, 1995a; following Simmons (2005).

Holotype. M.19671 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. AX8], skull, body in alc., collected by Ken Aplin, 4 December 1985 and registered 1 December 1988.

Condition. Cranium, dentaries and body in alc. in good condition, soft palate retained on the skull.

Type locality. Cave near Fogamaiyo Village (6°31'S 143°05'E, alt. 100–150 m), Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea .

Paratypes. (13, by original designation). All are skulls, bodies in alc., and adult unless otherwise stated; collection date, and locality details as per holotype; M.16497, subadult male; M.16514, female; M.16516, male; M.16539, subadult male; M.16541–42, both male; M.16544, subadult male; M.16585, female; M.16595, subadult female; M.16599, male; M.19671, female; M.19672, male; M.19673, subadult female.

Comments. Type series of 14 specimens. The following seven specimens listed as referred specimens in the original description, have been re-assigned to E. raffrayana Dobson, 1879 (Ken Aplin pers. com., 2013): M.16545, M.16547–48, M.16574–75, and M.16576–77. The incorrect publication date of 1994 is entrenched in the literature.