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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-007784 Planodiscus elongatus Elzinga & Rettenmeyer, 1970

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	007784
Taxon Type	Guest
Guest Type	Mite
Species Name	Planodiscus elongatus
Authority	Elzinga & Rettenmeyer, 1970
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Cohort	Uropodina
Superfamily	Uropodoidea
Family	Uropodidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Ant ID Notes
Guest ID Notes	ID't by CWR, 1969

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-48-PH-2
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton hamatum
Host Ant/Colony Label Name	Eciton hamatum
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Double Vial
Container Volume
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex	Female, Male
Caste
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	7
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels: "3 [male symbol], 4 [female symbol]"

LOCALITY

Country	Panama
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Panamá
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)
Detailed Locality	Pequeni River
Coordinates	09° 23' N, 79° 33' W
Elevation	4800 m
Locality Notes	Label states: "4800m. elev" but elevation in Río Pequení is actually much lower, average altitude at this location is between 80 and 250 m. No place in Panama is this high, highest point is about 3500 m [GG VI-2017]

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1947-12-12
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Theodore C. Schneirla
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

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

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-05-13	Created	G. Goemans

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