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AAGC-001532 Eciton burchellii (Westwood)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	001532
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-354
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton burchellii
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Vial
Container Volume	8 drams
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage	Egg(s), Larva
Sex
Caste
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	16,586
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels: "16,496 larvae, 90 small eggs"

LOCALITY

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, AVA [Armour trail] 0.3
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COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1963-04-18
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer \| Marian E. Rettenmeyer
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-2900
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-08-06	Created	B. Barbeau
2019-09-27	Modified	P. Lopez Dineen

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