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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-002946 Eciton mexicanum Roger

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	002946
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	ID from E-Colony Notebook
Guest ID Notes

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-1151
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton mexicanum
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes	Colony number from original lid

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Double Vial
Container Volume
Preservation
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex	Female
Caste	Worker
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	No	Quantity
Mixed Lot	Yes
Mixed Lot Taxon Groups	Ant, Army Ant, Beetle
Mixed Lot Named Taxa	Cephaloplectus
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	1 original label; workers, prey

LOCALITY

Country	Ecuador
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Sucumbíos
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Limoncocha
Detailed Locality	Under Allen House
Coordinates
Elevation	280 m
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1977-07-09
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer \| Ruth Chadab
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-5769
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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