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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-007799 Planodiscus foreli Elzinga & Rettenmeyer, 1970

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	007799
Taxon Type	Guest
Guest Type	Mite
Species Name	Planodiscus foreli
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-55-B-IV
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton burchellii
Host Ant/Colony Label Name	Eciton burchelli
Colony Notes	Colony is noted on label as "55-B-IV-N" where "N" appears to denote nomadic phase

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Double Vial
Container Volume
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex	Male
Caste
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	21
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels: "21 [male symbol], sp. 2"

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
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1955-03-17
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-1040
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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