Trochilodectes Park and Atyeo

Barreto, Mauricio, Burbano, María E., Proctor, Heather C., Mironov, Serge V. & Wauthy, Georges, 2012, Feather mites (Acariformes: Psoroptidia) from Colombia: Preliminary list with new records 3516, Zootaxa 3516, pp. 1-68 : 21-23

Genus Trochilodectes Park and Atyeo

Trochilodectes abbreviatus Park and Atyeo, 1974

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Coeligena bonapartei (Boissoneau) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Colombia (Dept. Cundinamarca, Bogotá) ( Park & Atyeo 1974b). Later on, it was recorded ex Amazilia rutila (Delattre) from El Salvador ( Atyeo & Winchell 1984).

Trochilodectes alloptinus ( Trouessart, 1886)

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Aglaeactis cupripennis (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Central America ( Trouessart, 1886). Later on, it was recorded ex Aglaeactis c. cupripennis (Bourcier) from Ecuador and Colombia (Dept. Cundinamarca, Bogotá; Dept. Huila, Valle de las Papas) ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Trochilodectes bicuspidus Park and Atyeo, 1974

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Phaethornis longirostris longirostris (Delattre) (as P. superciliosus veraecrusis ) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco). It was also collected ex P. longirostris (Delattre) (as P. superciliosus ) from Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) and ex P. yaruqui (Bourcier) from Ecuador and Colombia ( Park & Atyeo 1974b). This mite has never been recollected since the original description.

Trochilodectes trochilidarum (Trouessart, 1885)

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Guyana and Ecuador ( Trouessart 1885a). Later on, it was recorded from the same host in Colombia (Depts. Bolívar, Magdalena), Brazil (Para) and Trinidad, ex Anthracothorax p. prevostii (Lesson) from Mexico (Chiapas, Oxaca) and A. nigricollis (Vieillot) from Trinidad ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Trochilodectes sp. A .

Hosts and distribution. This species was collected ex Phaethornis guy (Lesson) and P. syrmatophorus Gould ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Colombia ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Remark. This species was assigned to the “ Xynonodectes ramphodonis complex” by ( Park & Atyeo 1974b) but has never been formally described.

Trochilodectes sp. B .

Hosts and distribution. This species was collected ex Phaethornis a. anthophilus (Bourcier) and P. a. augusti (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Colombia ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Remark. This species was assigned to the “ Xynonodectes trochilidarum complex” by Park & Atyeo (1974b) but has never been formally described.

Trochilodectes sp. C .

Material examined. Ex Amazilia amabilis (Gould) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Río Zabaletas and Quebrada La Bomba, 100 m, 20 December 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3490.

Trochilodectes sp. D .

Material examined. Ex Amazilia franciae (Bourcier and Mulsant) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 3 males and 4 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Dagua, Río Verde, 7 December 1971, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3587.

Trochilodectes sp. E .

Material examined. Ex Boissonneaua flavescens (Loddiges) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Río Meléndez and Quebrada La Cristalina, 1850 m, 10 October 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3058.

Trochilodectes sp. F .

Material examined. Ex Chalcostigma herrani (Delattre and Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Farallones, Alto del Buey, 3385 m, 26 June 1973, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3932.

Trochilodectes sp. G .

Material examined. Ex Chalybura urochrysia (Gould) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Dagua, km 28, 200– 250 m, 26 September 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3124.

Trochilodectes sp. H .

Material examined. Ex Coeligena lutetiae (Delattre and Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Caldas: Villamaría, Bosque del Oso, Hacienda Corinto, 3560 m, 21 July 1980, coll. J.E. Orejuela & G. Cataño, UV No. 4331.

Trochilodectes sp. I .

Material examined. Ex Doryfera ludovicae (Bourcier and Mulsant) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male and 3 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Río Cali, 2000–2300 m, 12 July 1969, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 974.

Trochilodectes sp. J .

Material examined. Ex Glaucis aeneus Lawrence ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 8 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, near to the airport, 24 June 1971, coll. J.I. Borrero & L.A. Cruz, UV No. 3424.

Trochilodectes sp. K .

Material examined. Ex Heliangelus exortis (Fraser) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Risaralda: Santa Rosa de Cabal, Bosque Alto del Dulce, Hacienda El Porvenir, 3150 m, 5 August 1980, coll. J.E. Orejuela & G. Cataño, UV No. 4514.

Trochilodectes sp. L.

Material examined. Ex Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 2 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Río Cajambre, Cerro Caja, 480 m, 23 August 1983, coll. M.L. Martínez, UV No. 5127.

Trochilodectes sp. M.

Material examined. Ex Heliodoxa imperatrix (Gould) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male and 1 female, Dept. Chocó, San José del Palmar, Vereda La Italia, Alto del Oso, 5 October 1987, coll. L.G. Naranjo, UV No. 5958.

Trochilodectes sp. N.

Material examined. Ex Opisthoprora euryptera (Loddiges) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Risaralda: Santa Rosa de Cabal, Bosque Alto del Dulce, Hacienda El Porvenir, 3150 m, 29 July 1980, coll. J.E. Orejuela & G. Cataño, UV No. 4520.

Trochilodectes sp. O.

Material examined. Ex Schistes geoffroyi (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Darién, Lago Calima, 8 April 1979, coll. L.G. Naranjo, UV No. 4688.

Trochilodectes sp. P.

Material examined. Ex Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Río Meléndez and Quebrada La Cristalina, 1850 m, 11 October 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3050.