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AAGC-001574 Eciton burchellii (Westwood)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	001574
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton burchellii
Authority	(Westwood)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass
Order	Hymenoptera
Cohort
Superfamily
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
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COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-637
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton burchellii
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
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SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Vial
Container Volume	4 drams
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage	Adult, Callows
Sex	Female
Caste	Worker
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	346
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	3 original labels: "346 [worker symbol] incl. 125 callows"

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Guanacaste
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Taboga
Detailed Locality	6 mi. S 6 mi. W Cañas, Toboga [sic] under base of log
Coordinates	10° 19' N, 84° 59' W
Elevation
Locality Notes	Coordinates probably wrong, Taboga is 6 mi. S, 6 mi. W, but coordinates are East!

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1969-07-13
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Collection Method
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ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-4254
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes

RECORD DATA

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

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