FMNH FMNHINS 0000 819 148

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  • 819148 Trichobius imitator, holotype, female, habitus, dorsal view
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819148 Trichobius imitator (SVP 12983), holotype, female, habitus, dorsal view, from slide. Collected 5/5/67 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Hato La Florida, 47km ESE Caicara, Bolivar) from male Anoura latidens. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
  • 819148 Trichobius imitator, holotype, female, slide
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819148 Trichobius imitator (SVP 12983), holotype, female, slide. Collected 5/5/67 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Hato La Florida, 47km ESE Caicara, Bolivar) from male Anoura latidens. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
  • 819148 Trichobius imitator, holotype, female, thorax, dorsal view
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819148 Trichobius imitator (SVP 12983), holotype, female, thorax, dorsal view, from slide. Collected 5/5/67 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Hato La Florida, 47km ESE Caicara, Bolivar) from male Anoura latidens. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
  • 819148 Trichobius imitator, holotype, female, wing
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819148 Trichobius imitator (SVP 12983), holotype, female, wing, from slide. Collected 5/5/67 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Hato La Florida, 47km ESE Caicara, Bolivar) from male Anoura latidens. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Trichobius imitator Wenzel, 1976
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Trichobius
Species: imitator
Field #: SVP 12983
Collector: N. E. Peterson, et al.
Geography: South America, Venezuela, Bolívar, 50m: Hato La Florida, 47km ESE Caicara
DWc Country: Venezuela
Date Collected: 5 May 1967
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Count: 1
Sex: adult female
EMu IRN: 819148
OccurenceID: d8ddf101-68b0-467f-b910-c3ffae23b204

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