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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-008079 Planodiscus sp.

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	008079
Taxon Type	Guest
Guest Type	Mite
Species Name	Planodiscus sp.
Authority
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Cohort	Uropodina
Superfamily	Uropodoidea
Family	Uropodidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Ant ID Notes
Guest ID Notes

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	D-350
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	312
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels: "279 [male symbol], 433 [female symbol], Planodiscus (in 2 vials)" [total number arbitrarily split over both vials]

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Puntarenas
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Rincón
Detailed Locality	Osa Peninsula, 3 mi. NW of Rincon
Coordinates	08° 43' N, 83° 31' W
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COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1966-07-25
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Daniel H. Janzen
Collection Method
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ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)
Kodachrome No(s).
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RECORD DATA

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

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