FMNH FMNHINS 0000 819 471

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  • 819471 Trichobius assimilis, male, holotype, habitus, dorsal view
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819471 Trichobius assimilis (SVP 22086), male, holotype, habitus, dorsal view, from slide. Collected 3/15/68 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Kasmera, 21km SW Machiques, Zulia) from female Artibeus amplus. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
  • 819471 Trichobius assimilis, male, holotype, slide
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819471 Trichobius assimilis (SVP 22086), male, holotype, slide. Collected 3/15/68 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Kasmera, 21km SW Machiques, Zulia) from female Artibeus amplus. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
  • 819471 Trichobius assimilis, male, holotype, thorax, dorsal view
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819471 Trichobius assimilis (SVP 22086), male, holotype, thorax, dorsal view, from slide. Collected 3/15/68 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Kasmera, 21km SW Machiques, Zulia) from female Artibeus amplus. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
  • 819471 Trichobius assimilis, male, holotype, wing
    Photographer:
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 819471 Trichobius assimilis (SVP 22086), male, holotype, wing, from slide. Collected 3/15/68 by Norman E. Peterson et al. in Venezuela (Kasmera, 21km SW Machiques, Zulia) from female Artibeus amplus. Photo taken using the purple station Microptics system and stacked with CombineZ.
FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Trichobius assimilis Wenzel, 1976
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Trichobius
Species: assimilis
Field #: SVP 22086
Collector: N. E. Peterson, et al.
Geography: South America, Venezuela, Zulia, 270m: Kasmera, 21km SW Machiques
DWc Country: Venezuela
Date Collected: 15 Apr 1968
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Count: 8
Sex: adult male
EMu IRN: 819471
OccurenceID: 20790d28-d1aa-4a9c-a8fe-229fe8f2d2e9

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