Tropicoseius heliconiae Baker & Yunk er, 1964

Tropicoseius heliconiae Baker & Yunker, 1964: 107 .

Tropicoseius heliconiae .— Lindquist, 1964a: 166; Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998: 88. Rhinoseius heliconiae .— Fain et al., 1977b: 118; Hyland et al., 1978: 267; Fain, 1992: 119; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 48.

Rhinoseius phaethornis Fain, Hyland & Aitken, 1977a: 186 (Synonymy with T. heliconiae by Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998: 88).

Rhinoseius phaethornis .— Fain et al., 1977b: 120; Fain, 1992: 119; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 48; OConnor et al., 1997: 16.

Rhinoseius mathewsoni Hyland, Fain & Moorhouse, 1978: 264 (Synonymy with T. heliconiae by Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998: 88).

Rhinoseius mathewsoni .— Fain, 1992: 119; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 48.

Rhinoseius spinosus Colwell, 1986a: 408 (nomen nudum).

TYPE DEPOSITORY: of T. heliconiae: United States National Museum, Washington DC, USA; accession number 2877; of T. mathewsoni: United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA; of R. phaethornis: United States National Museum, Washington DC, USA.

TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: of T. heliconiae: intercepted in quarantine at New York, USA, on imported Heliconia [Plantae: Heliconiaceae] of unknown origin; of T. mathewsoni: Veracruz, Mexico, in nasal cavity of Amazilia candida (Animalia: Trochilidae); of R. phaethornis: Mosqueiro Ferry, Marituba, Pará, Brazil, on Phaethornis superciliosus [Animalia: Trochilidae].

NOTE: specimens mentioned by Colwell (1986a: 408) as Rhinoseius spinosus (nomen nudum) were identified as R. phaethornis by OConnor et al. (1997: 16).