Nesonycteris Thomas, 1887. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 323.
Nesonycteris woodfordi Thomas, 1887
Nesonycteris fardoulisi (Flannery, 1993).
Rec. Aust. Mus. 45: 68.
Fardoulis' Blossom Bat
Melonycteris fardoulisi
fardoulisi Flannery, 1993
.schouteni Flannery, 1993
.Solomon Isls., Makira (= San Cristobal Isl.), Sesena
Makira (Solomon Isls)
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Near Threatened (2020).
References:
Almeida, F.C., N.B. Simmons, and N.P. Giannini. 2020. A species-level phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a new higher-level classification of the family Pteropodidae. Amer. Mus. Novitates 3950: 1-24. Read article.
Flannery, T.F 1993. Revision of the genus Melonycteris (Pteropodidae: Mammalia). Records of the Australian Museum 45: 59-80. Read article.
Flannery, T.F. 1995. Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Cornell University Press, Ithaca: 464 pp. Not available online.
Lavery, T.H., L.H. DeCicco, K.V. Olson, P.S. Holland, and R.G. Moyle. 2023. Phylogeography of Solomon Islands blossom bats reflects oceanic divides and Pleistocene connections. Journal of Biogeography 50: 920-931. Read article.
Phillips, C.J. 1968. Systematics of megachiropteran bats in the Solomon Islands. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 16: 777-837. Read article.
Pulvers, J.N., and D.J. Colgan. 2006. Molecular phylogeography of the fruit bat genus Melonycteris in northern Melanesia. Journal of Biogeography 34(4): 713-723. Read abstract.
Simmons, N.B. 2005. Chiroptera. Pages 312-529 In D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds.) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, Volume 1. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Read chapter.
Previously considered a subgenus of Melonycteris (see e.g., Phillips, 1968; Flannery 1993; Simmons, 2005). Raised to full generic status by Almeida et al. (2020). Melonycteris, including Nesonycteris, was revised by Flannery (1993). Does not include maccoyi or mengermani; see Pulvers and Colgan (2006) and Lavery et al. (2023). See also Flannery (1995). Populations on Guadalcanal previously attributed to fardoulisi appear to belong to woodfordi; see Lavery et al. (2023). For phylogeography see Pulvers and Colgan (2006) and Lavery et al. (2023).