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AAGC-000993 Eciton burchellii (Westwood)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	000993
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton burchellii
Authority	(Westwood)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass
Order	Hymenoptera
Cohort
Superfamily
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
Ant ID Notes
Guest ID Notes

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-TCS-X5
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton burchellii
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes	Schneirla Colony

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Vial
Container Volume	2 drams
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage	Adult
Sex	Female
Caste	Worker
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	No	Quantity
Mixed Lot	No
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels

LOCALITY

Country	Mexico
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Veracruz
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)
Detailed Locality	Upper Metlac River above Fortin
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1945-05-15
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Theodore C. Schneirla
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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