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AAGC-000126 Eciton burchellii (Westwood)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	000126
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton burchellii
Authority	(Westwood)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass
Order	Hymenoptera
Cohort
Superfamily
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
Tribe
Ant ID Notes
Guest ID Notes

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-148
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton burchellii
Host Ant/Colony Label Name
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Jar
Container Volume	16 oz.
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex	Female
Caste	Worker
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	5457
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By
Location in Collection	Spirit Room Row 22, Shelf 8
Specimen Notes	2 original labels; Alc. added 13-VII-2016

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, S-M [Snyder-Molino trail] 1.3
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Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1956-05-12
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Carl W. Rettenmeyer \| Marian E. Rettenmeyer
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-1777
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes	2 specimens removed for mounting and imaging [AAGC Team 2017]

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-06-24	Created	B. Barbeau

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