FMNH FMNHINS 0000 376 405

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    Description: Hermann, Jean F. (1804) Memoire apterologique. F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg: 124
  • 376405 Phthiridium biarticulatum (HH6920-7006), adult male, habitus, dorsal view
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    Description: 376405 Phthiridium biarticulatum (HH6920-7006), adult male, habitus, dorsal view. Collected 6/14/51 by H. Hoogstraal in Egypt (Giza Pyramid, Giza Governorate) from Rhinolophus mehelyi. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Phthiridium biarticulatum Hermann, 1804
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Nycteribiidae
Genus: Phthiridium
Species: biarticulatum
Field #: HH 6920-7006
Collector: H. Hoogstraal
Geography: Africa, Egypt, Giza Governorate, 4250ft: Giza Pyramid
DWc Country: Egypt
Date Collected: 14 Jun 1951
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Count: 4
Sex: adult unsexed
EMu IRN: 376405
OccurenceID: f403d54e-d1ce-431e-9f0e-befd586d1e1b
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