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AAGC-001591 Eciton burchellii (Westwood)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	001591
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-454
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
Sex	Female
Caste	Worker, Soldier
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	84
Citation
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Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	3 original labels: "81 [worker symbol] 3 [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	Boruca Trail Costa Rica - NE of Palmar
Coordinates	8° 57' N, 83° 28' W
Elevation	16 m
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1965-08-21
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer \| Richard J. Elzinga \| R. J. Brockman
Collection Method
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ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-3247
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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