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AAGC-002269 Eciton vagans (Olivier)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	002269
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton vagans
Authority	(Olivier)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass
Order	Hymenoptera
Cohort
Superfamily
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
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Guest ID Notes

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-467
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton vagans
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Vial
Container Volume	4 drams
Preservation
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage	Adult
Sex	Female
Caste	Worker
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	63
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	3 original labels: "63 [worker symbol]"

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Guanacaste
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)	Cañas Canton
Municipality (City/Town)	Cañas
Detailed Locality	6 mi. S 6 mi. W Cañas, finca Toboga, next to rd.
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)	1967-02-13
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-3350
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes

RECORD DATA

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

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