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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-002080 Eciton mexicanum Roger

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	002080
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-170
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton mexicanum
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Vial
Container Volume	2 drams
Preservation
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	29
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels: "29 [major symbol]"

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, FEL [Lutz trail] 3
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1956-05-24
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-1847
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes	1 specimen removed for mounting and imaging [AAGC team 2017]

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-11-01	Created	B. Barbeau

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