Tropicoseius cf. trinitatis ( Fain et al., 1977 )

Dusbabek, Frantisek, Literak, Ivan, Capek, Miroslav & Havlicek, Martin, 2007, Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group, Zootaxa 1484, pp. 51-67 : 62

Tropicoseius cf. trinitatis ( Fain et al., 1977)

The species was described from Glaucis hirsutus (Gmelin, 1788) and also collected on Phaethornis guy in Trinidad ( Fain et al., 1977a, b). OConnor et al. (1991) collected the mite from the same host and from flowers of Heliconia hirsuta and H. bihai (Heliconiaceae) . The Heliconia spp. are probably exclusive host plants of this mite in Trinidad (Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998). This is the first record of it outside Trinidad.

Material examined. One female from Phaethornis superciliosus, Hitoy Cerere BR, August 2004, coll. I. Literak.