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
Author
Dusbabek, Frantisek
Author
Literak, Ivan
Author
Capek, Miroslav
Author
Havlicek, Martin
text
Zootaxa
2007
1484
51
67
journal article
49635
10.5281/zenodo.176933
9ef8836f-2742-4a4e-b2ea-746c0c6e06f9
1175-5326
176933
Tropicoseius erro
Baker
& Yunker, 1964
The species was described from the nasal turbinates of hummingbird
Phaethornis guy
(Lesson, 1832)
in
Panama
and later collected from
Phaethornis syrmatophorus
(Gould, 1851)
in
Costa Rica
and
Colombia
. Naskrecki & Colwell (1998) examined the species on diverse
Psychotria
spp. (
Rubiaceae
),
Costus
spp. (
Costaceae
),
Heliconia sarapiquensis
(Heliconiaceae)
and other hummingbird-pollinated plants in
Costa Rica
.
Material examined.
Two females and one male from
Phaethornis superciliosus
, Hitoy Cerere
BR,
September 3, 2004
;
1 female
from
Amazilia tzacatl
of the same data and locality. All coll. I. Literak.