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AAGC-009930 Eciton mexicanum (Roger, 1863)

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TAXON ID

AAGC No.	009930
Taxon Type	Army Ant
Species Name	Eciton mexicanum
Authority	(Roger, 1863)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass
Order	Hymenoptera
Cohort
Superfamily
Family	Formicidae
Subfamily	Dorylinae
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COLONY DATA

Colony ID No.	E-888
Colony Taxon ID	Eciton mexicanum
Host Ant/Colony Label Name	Eciton mexicanum
Colony Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Status
Kind	Vial
Container Volume	2 dram
Preservation	70% EtOH
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage	Adult
Sex	Female
Caste	Worker
Host Ant Sex
Host Ant Caste
Site On Host Ant
Specimen Lot	Yes	Quantity	8
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Location in Collection
Specimen Notes	2 original labels

LOCALITY

Country	Ecuador
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Sucumbíos
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Limoncocha
Detailed Locality	At 1st Stello. Patterns / raid by 868
Coordinates	00° 24' S, 76° 36' W
Elevation	280 m
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1972-07-29
Collection Time (HH:MM)	4:45
Collected By	Ruth Chadab
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ASSOCIATED RECORDS

Specimen(s)	Army Ant	( 0 )
Specimen(s)	Guest	( 0 )
Field No ID(s)
Kodachrome No(s).
Associated Record Notes	Field No. RC-240

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2019-07-16	Created	P. Dineen
2019-07-16	Modified	P. Dineen
2019-07-24	Modified	G. Goemans

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