Megaselia defecta
date: label: Collection Date
content: [not stated]
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: Neotropical
label: Collector
content: G. Drewry
notes: label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Sep 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: El Verde, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Entomology Types
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Megaselia defecta Borgmeier, 1969
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Entomology Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: USNMENT02024451
label: USNM Number
content: USNMENT02024451
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Borgmeier, T. 1969. New or little-known phorid flies, mainly of the Neotropical Region. Studia Entomologica. 12 : 33-132.
label: Type Status
content: Holotype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Phoridae
physicalDescription: label: Prep Count
content: 1
label: Preparation
content: Slide
label: Sex
content: Male
label: Stage
content: Adult