FMNH FMNHINS 0000 372 977

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    Description: Speiser, Paul G.E. (1900) Ueber die Strebliden, Fledermausparasiten aus der Gruppe der pupiparen Dipteren. Archiv Für Naturgeschicthe 66 (1): 46
  • 372977 Megastrebla gigantea gigantea, female, habitus, dorsal view
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    Description: 372977 Megastrebla gigantea gigantea (1630-1640), female, habitus, dorsal view. Collected 12/26/46 by F. Werner in the Philippines (Cotabato City, Central Cave, Mindanao Island) from multiple bats. Taken with the purple station Microptics system and composited with CombineZ.
FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Megastrebla (Megastrebla) gigantea
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Megastrebla
Species: gigantea
Field #: 1630-1640
Collector: F. Werner
Geography: Asia, Philippines, Cotabato, Philippine Islands, Mindanao, Cotabato City, Central Cave
DWc Country: Philippines
Date Collected: 26 Dec 1946
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Count: 20
Sex: adult female
EMu IRN: 372977
OccurenceID: 86dc2e37-5a02-4b30-ac54-3d7d72a122c5
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