Tropicoseius colwelli ( Hunter, 1972 )

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176933

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245669

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B8795-EC40-FFDA-1AFC-FAF9FB12F9D5

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Tropicoseius colwelli ( Hunter, 1972 )
status

 

Tropicoseius colwelli ( Hunter, 1972)

This species appears to be endemic to Costa Rica. It was collected there from flowers of Centropogon spp. ( Campanulaceae ) and Tropaeolum spp. ( Tropaeolaceae ). It was found also on the hummingbirds Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus and Eugenes fulgens spectabilis (Lawrence, 1867) ( Hunter, 1972; Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998).

Material examined. Twenty females, 2 homeomorphic males, 2 deutonymphs and 1 protonymph from 4 hummingbird feeders at Turrialba Lodge, Costa Rica, August 2, 2004, coll. I. Literak.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Ascidae

Genus

Tropicoseius

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