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AAGC-000991 Eciton hamatum (Fabricius)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	000991
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton hamatum
Authority	(Fabricius)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass
Order	Hymenoptera
Cohort
Superfamily
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
Ant ID Notes	Det. C. W. Retenmeyer, 1972
Guest ID Notes

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	D-381
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton hamatum
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Vial
Container Volume	2 drams
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage	Adult
Sex	Female
Caste	Soldier
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	2
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	4 original labels: "2 [major symbol] with toothed and/or ridged mandibles.

LOCALITY

Country	Mexico
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Oaxaca
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)
Detailed Locality	9 mi N Valle Nacional
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1971-07-20
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Alfred Newton
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-08-02	Created	B. Barbeau

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