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Carl W. & Marian E. Rettenmeyer Army Ant Guest Collection

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Citation

Caira J, Barbeau E (2021). Carl W. & Marian E. Rettenmeyer Army Ant Guest Collection. University of Connecticut. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yo7zh8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-24.

Description

The Carl and Marian Rettenmeyer Army Ant Guest Collection has four main sections: (1) army ants (Dorylinae) that are voucher specimens for over 1,200 different colonies (2) the so-called “guests” of the army ants, (3) photographs documenting the collections and (4) field notes recording samples taken. The collections are primarily from Kansas, Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. The army ant collection includes about 2,000,000 specimens of about 114 species. The 92,000 specimens of guests represent 187 species and comprise about 12,000 pinned specimens, 10,000 vials, and 5048 microscope slides, and include 989 types.

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Geographic Coverages

The collections are primarily from Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. Other localities represented include Kansas in the United States, Mexico and countries across northern South America and western Africa.

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Contacts

Janine Caira
originator
position: Curator of Invertebrates
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Rd
Storrs
06269
Connecticut
US
email: janine.caira@uconn.edu
Elizabeth Barbeau
metadata author
position: Metadata Manager
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Rd
Storrs
06269
Connecticut
US
email: elizabeth.barbeau@uconn.edu
Janine Caira
curator
position: Collection Manager of Invertebrates
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Rd
Storrs
06269
Connecticut
US
email: janine.caira@uconn.edu
Katrina Menard
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager of Invertebrates
University of Connecticut
91 N. Eagleville Rd
Storrs
06269
Connecticut
US
email: katrina.menard@uconn.edu
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