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Amiantis purpurata

9

Bishop specimens

2

Type specimens

1954

First collected

1962

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1950s1960s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1954 by E.C. Rios; Thomas A. Burch & Beatrice Burch (Brazil; R.G.S. {=Rio Grande Do Sul?}; Rio Grande; Cassino Beach; Sacode Mangiera).

From the collection

Amiantis purpurata, 285469Amiantis purpurata, 285470Amiantis purpurata, 255767Amiantis purpurata, 255769Amiantis purpurata, 255770Amiantis purpurata, 255771Amiantis purpurata, 255772Amiantis purpurata, 255773Amiantis purpurata, 255789