FMNH FMNHINS 0000 373 586

FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Megistopoda aranea (Coquillétt, 1899)
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Megistopoda
Species: aranea
Field #: CWD P919
Collector: C. W. Dick
Geography: North America, USA, Puerto Rico, Vieques, West Indies; Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico, USFWS NWR dirt road with bunkers. [LL]
DWc Country: United States of America
Date Collected: 25 Aug 2003
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 5
Sex: adult male
EMu IRN: 373586
OccurenceID: e375f52c-0f2e-47c5-88d2-711c2bb33b7c
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