MPABI Collection
UMMZ-PABI-000000267 - Megistopoda aranea [Bat Fly] - No Buffer - Ectoparasite
Record Details
Catalog Number: UMMZ-PABI-000000267
Modified: 2025-11-17
Recorded By: Graham, Cheyenne | Graham, Cheyenne
Other Catalog Numbers: AMNH-M-284131
Occurrence Remarks: BZ#.Rec#2990 | Bag#43
Organism Remarks: Ectoparasite; Artibeus lituratus | Great Fruit-eating Bat | Mass 41.5 | FA 60.2
Field Number: FDS#000012
Event Date Start: 2024-04-29
Verbatim Event Date: 4/29/2024
Sampling Protocol: By hand
Event Remarks: BZ# does not correspond with AMNH Master Capture Data
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
Georeferenced By: <Formatter not defined.>
Geodetic Datum: WGS84
Georeference Protocol: Handheld GPS
Identifications
Current Identification:
Identified By: Ordóñez-Garza, Nicté
Date Identified: 2024-04-29
Scientific Name: Megistopoda aranea
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Streblidae
Genus: Megistopoda
Specific Epithet: aranea
Taxon Rank: Species
Common Name: Bat Fly