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Colony ID No. E-55-B-IV Eciton burchellii (Westwood, 1842)

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TAXON ID

Colony ID No.	E-55-B-IV
Given Name	Eciton burchellii
Given Authority	(Westwood, 1842)
Accepted Name	Eciton burchellii
Accepted Authority	(Westwood, 1842)
Colony ID Determined By
Colony ID Verified?	No
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
Equivalent Colony?
Colony ID Notes	Colony data primarily compiled from specimen labels; Colony is noted on specimen labels as: "B-IV" and "B-IV-N" where "N" appears to denote nomadic phase

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2018-11-30	Created	B. Barbeau
2019-01-10	Modified	B. Barbeau
2019-01-14	Modified	B. Barbeau
2019-01-25	Modified	G. Goemans
2019-01-31	Modified	B. Barbeau
2019-05-09	Modified	B. Barbeau

LOCALITY

Collector	Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Colony Notebook Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1955-02-09
Country	Panama
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Panamá Oeste
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Barro Colorado Island
Detailed Locality	Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island
Elevation
Coordinates
Activity	Bivouac, Refuse Deposit, Nomadic Bivouac, Statary Bivouac
Locality Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)

Army Ant ( 60 )	Scorpion ( 0 )
Ant ( 4 )	Spider ( 1 )
Beetle ( 82 )	Silverfish ( 1 )
Fly ( 35 )	Springtail ( 0 )
Millipede ( 0 )	Wasp ( 0 )
Mite ( 173 )	Other ( 5 )

Field No. ID(s)

CWR-888

Kodachrome No(s).

Associated Record Notes