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AAGC-001562 Eciton burchellii (Westwood)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	001562
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-401
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	Adult
Sex	Female
Caste	Soldier
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	225
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	3 original labels: "225 [major symbol]"

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Puntarenas
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)	Osa Canton
Municipality (City/Town)	Palmar Sur
Detailed Locality	Costa Rica: c. 6 miles NW Palmar Sur
Coordinates	8° 57' N, 83° 28' W
Elevation	16 m
Locality Notes	Locality on label as Locality is noted as "10 km N of Palmar Sur" on label

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1965-06-29
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer \| Richard J. Elzinga \| R. J. Brockman
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-3076
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes	1 specimen removed for mounting and imaging [AAGC team 2018]

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-08-06	Created	B. Barbeau
2019-08-13	Modified	B. Barbeau

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