FMNH FMNHINS 0000 175 211

FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Megistopoda proxima (Séguy, 1926)
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Megistopoda
Species: proxima
Field #: TJMC 4987
Collector: T. J. McCarthy
Collection No.: 58242
Geography: North America, Belize, Orange Walk District, 10m: Honey Camp Lagoon. [LL]
DWc Country: Belize
Date Collected: 8 May 1977
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 4
Sex: adult male
EMu IRN: 175211
OccurenceID: da2b371b-13ef-41ba-b4ba-854afd0f82c4
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