FMNH FMNHINS 0000 828 734

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  • 828734 Aspidoptera falcata Male Thorax Venezuela SVP226 HT
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNHINS 828734 Thorax, adult male holotype (SVP 226) from slide. Collected 7/25/65 by Norman E. Peterson, et al. in Venezuela (Los Venados, 4km NNW Caracas, Distrito Federal) from female Sturnira lilium.
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    Description: Wenzel, Rupert L. (1976) The Streblid Batflies of Venzuela. Brigham Young Science Bulletin, Provo: 104
  • 828734 Aspidoptera falcata Male Full Dorsal Venezuela SVP226 HT
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNHINS 828734 Full dorsal, adult male holotype (SVP 226) from slide. Collected 7/25/65 by Norman E. Peterson, et al. in Venezuela (Los Venados, 4km NNW Caracas, Distrito Federal) from female Sturnira lilium.
  • 828734 Aspidoptera falcata Male Slide Venezuela SVP226 HT
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNHINS 828734 Holotype slide (SVP 226). Collected 7/25/65 by Norman E. Peterson, et al. in Venezuela (Los Venados, 4km NNW Caracas, Distrito Federal) from female Sturnira lilium.
  • 828734 Aspidoptera falcata Male Wings Venezuela SVP226 HT
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNHINS 828734 Wing, adult male holotype (SVP 226) from slide. Collected 7/25/65 by Norman E. Peterson, et al. in Venezuela (Los Venados, 4km NNW Caracas, Distrito Federal) from female Sturnira lilium.
FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Aspidoptera falcata Wenzel, 1976
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Aspidoptera
Species: falcata
Field #: SVP 00226
Collector: N. E. Peterson, et al.
Geography: South America, Venezuela, Distrito Federal, 1559m: Los Venados, 4km NNW Caracas
DWc Country: Venezuela
Date Collected: 25 Jul 1965
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Count: 9
Sex: adult male
EMu IRN: 828734
OccurenceID: 1bbea7c9-6075-4d37-bd6a-810d5a092c50

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