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Colony ID No. E-305 Eciton burchellii (Westwood)

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TAXON ID

Colony ID No.	E-305
Given Name	Eciton burchellii
Given Authority	(Westwood)
Accepted Name	Eciton burchellii
Accepted Authority	(Westwood)
Colony ID Determined By	[Carl W. Rettenmeyer]
Colony ID Verified?	No
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
Equivalent Colony?
Colony ID Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2017-06-05	Created	B. Barbeau
2019-05-13	Modified	B. Barbeau
2019-06-06	Modified	L. Santos
2019-06-24	Modified	B. Barbeau

LOCALITY

Collector	[Carl W. Rettenmeyer]
Colony Notebook Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1963-02-17
Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Puntarenas
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Monteverde
Detailed Locality	Monteverde [=Monteverde Biological Station], Hubert Mendenhall's
Elevation	1400 m
Coordinates	10° 29' N, 84° 50' W
Activity	Emigration Column
Locality Notes	Some locality details and coordinates from specimen labels

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)

Army Ant ( 28 )	Scorpion ( 0 )
Ant ( 0 )	Spider ( 0 )
Beetle ( 0 )	Silverfish ( 0 )
Fly ( 11 )	Springtail ( 0 )
Millipede ( 0 )	Wasp ( 0 )
Mite ( 61 )	Other ( 0 )

Field No. ID(s)

Kodachrome No(s).

Associated Record Notes

Sample Codes from Colony Notebook: L, G, queen [female symbol], c [??]