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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-002653 Eciton hamatum (Fabricius)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	002653
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton hamatum
Authority	(Fabricius)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass
Order	Hymenoptera
Cohort
Superfamily
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
Ant ID Notes	ID from field card
Guest ID Notes

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-715
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton hamatum
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	Worker, Soldier
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	86
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels: "85 [queen symbol] and 1 [major symbol]"; Queen symbol is most likely an incomplete worker symbol

LOCALITY

Country	Ecuador
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Sucumbíos
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Limoncocha
Detailed Locality	1 m. N. Limoncocha
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1970-06-30
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-4451
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-11-04	Created	B. Barbeau

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