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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-001979 Eciton mexicanum Roger

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	001979
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton mexicanum
Authority	Roger
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-501
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton mexicanum
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Double Vial
Container Volume
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	12
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	3 original labels

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Puntarenas
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)	Osa Canton
Municipality (City/Town)	Rincón
Detailed Locality	Small stream NE main stream
Coordinates	8° 42' N, 83° 29' W
Elevation
Locality Notes	Locality is noted as "2.5 mi. SW of Rincon" on label

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1967-03-06
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-3550
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-08-19	Created	B. Barbeau

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