FMNH FMNHINS 0000 832 497

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    Description: Coquillett, Daniel W. (1907) Notes and descriptions of Hippoboscidae and Streblidae. Entomological News 18: 292
  • 832497 Metelasmus pseudopterus Female Full Dorsal Paraguay TK63501 wet
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    Description: FMNHINS 832497 Full dorsal, adult female (TK 63501). Collected 9/28/96 by R. D. Owen and M. R. Willig in Paraguay (Estancia Rivas, Canindeyú) from Artibeus fimbriatus.
FM Catalog: Insects
Catalog Subset: Bat Flies
Scientific Name: Metelasmus pseudopterus Coquillétt, 1907
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Metelasmus
Species: pseudopterus
Field #: TK 63501
Collector: R. D. Owen, M. R. Willig
Geography: South America, Paraguay, Canindeyú, 300m: Estancia Rivas. [LL]
DWc Country: Paraguay
Date Collected: 28 Sep 1996
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 1
Sex: adult female
EMu IRN: 832497
OccurenceID: 19eb067a-5507-4060-bd67-b2e8196eeba0

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