FMNH FMNHINS 0003 740 236

FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Coleoptera
Scientific Name: Tropisternus (Pristoternus) ovalis de Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Tropisternus
Species: ovalis
Collector: F. N. Young
Collection No.: #2138
Geography: South America, Colombia, BolĂ­var: Rio Munoz
DWc Country: Colombia
Date Collected: 23 Aug 1963
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Count: 1
Sex: adult unsexed
EMu IRN: 3740236
OccurenceID: e9221508-d5ff-4c99-a5db-78adae6415f6
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