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RETTENMEYER ARMY ANT GUEST SPECIMEN DETAILS

AAGC-020680 Microdispus (Rostrodispus) obtegitus Mahunka, 1977

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	020680
Taxon Type	Guest
Guest Type	Mite
Species Name	Microdispus (Rostrodispus) obtegitus
Authority	Mahunka, 1977
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Trombidiformes
Cohort	Heterostigmatina
Superfamily	Scutacaroidea
Family	Microdispidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Ant ID Notes
Guest ID Notes	On slide as "Microdispus/R."

COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-458
Colony Taxon ID	Nomamyrmex esenbeckii
Host Ant/Colony Label Name	Nomamyrmex esenbecki
Colony Notes	Colony number from field card; Ant ID spelled incorrectly on label

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status	Paratype(s)
Kind	Slide
Slide No.
Preservation
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex
Caste
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	No	Quantity
Mixed Lot	No
Citation
Deposited By
Identified By	S. Mahunka
Location in Collection	Dry Room Row 13, Shelf 25, Slide Box 20
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Puntarenas
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)	Osa Canton
Municipality (City/Town)	Palmar Sur
Detailed Locality	Boruca Trail - NE of Palmar
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Collection Time (HH:MM)
Collected By	Richard J. Elzinga \| R. J. Brockman
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes	Slide labeled with "leg: Rettenmeyer" [="from Rettenmeyer Collection"]; Collector from colony record

ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)	CWR-3252
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-07-15	Created	M. Brown
2019-07-15	Modified	M. Brown

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