MPABI Collection
UMMZ-PABI-000000665 - Megistopoda aranea [Bat Fly] - No Buffer - Ectoparasite
Record Details
Catalog Number: UMMZ-PABI-000000665
Modified: 2026-02-24
Recorded By: Graham, Cheyenne | Ordóñez-Garza, Nicté
Other Catalog Numbers: AMNH-M-284037
Occurrence Remarks: BZ#.Rec#3189.01 | Bag#13
Organism Remarks: Ectoparasite; Artibeus jamicensis | Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat | Mass 26.95 | FA 55.3
Field Number: FDS#000112
Event Date Start: 2024-05-06
Verbatim Event Date: 5/6/2024
Sampling Protocol: By hand
Event Remarks: On 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 Identification:
Date Identified: 2024-05-06
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