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MPABI Collection

Megistopoda aranea - Bat Fly - Belize - 2024-01-01

Preparation: Dry - Ectoparasite | Artibeus lituratus | Great Fruit-eating Bat | Mass 41.5 | FA 60.2

Count: 1

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Record Details

Catalog number: UMMZ-PABI-000000267

Modified: 2025-02-11

Recorded by: Graham, Cheyenne

Other catalog numbers: AMNH-M-284131

Occurrence remarks: BZ#.Rec#2990 | Bag#43

Organism remarks: BZ# does not correspond with AMNH Master Capture Data

Field number: FDS#000012

Event date start: 2024-01-01

Verbatim event date: 4/29/2024

Sampling protocol: By hand

Continent: North America

Country: Belize

State province: Orange Walk District

Locality: Lamanai Archaeological Reserve; High temple 6

Decimal latitude: 17.76627

Decimal longitude: -88.65291

Verbatim coordinates: 17.76627 n 88.65291 w

Geodetic datum: WGS84

Georeference protocol: Handheld GPS

Identifications

Current

Identified by: Ordonez-Garza, Nicté

Date identified: 2024-04-29

Scientific name: Megistopoda aranea

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class name: Insecta

Order name: Diptera

Family: Streblidae

Genus: Megistopoda

Specific epithet: aranea

Taxon rank: Species

Vernacular name: Bat Fly

Item: 25497