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MPABI Collection

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

Preparation: Dry - Ectoparasite | Artibeus jamicensis | Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat | Mass 26.95 | FA 55.3

Count: 1

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Record Details

Catalog number: UMMZ-PABI-000000665

Modified: 2025-01-29

Recorded by: Graham, Cheyenne | Ordonez-Garza, Nicté

Other catalog numbers: AMNH-M-284037

Occurrence remarks: BZ#.Rec#3189.01 | Bag#13

Field number: FDS#000112

Event date start: 2024-01-01

Verbatim event date: 5/6/2024

Sampling protocol: By hand

Event remarks: Belly

Continent: North America

Country: Belize

State province: Orange Walk District

Locality: Ka-kabish Archaeological Reserve; KK 3

Decimal latitude: 17.81371

Decimal longitude: -88.73174

Verbatim coordinates: 17.81371 n 88.73174 w

Geodetic datum: WGS84

Georeference protocol: Handheld GPS

Identifications

Current

Identified by: Ordonez-Garza, Nicté

Date identified: 2024-05-06

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: 25895