Tropicoseius chiriquensis Baker & Yunk er, 1964

Tropicoseius chiriquensis Baker & Yunker, 1964: 105 .

Tropicoseius chiriquensis .— Lindquist, 1964a: 165; Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998: 64. Rhinoseius chiriquensis .— Fain et al., 1977b: 118; Fain, 1992: 119; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 48. Rhinoseius epoecus Colwell & Naeem, 1979: 485 (Synonymy by Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998: 64). Rhinoseius epoecus .— Fain, 1992: 119; Wiese & Fain, 1993: 98; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 48.

TYPE DEPOSITORY: of T. chiriquensis: United States National Museum, Washington DC, USA; accession number 2871; of R. epoecus: United States National Museum, Washington DC, USA; accession number 3854. TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: of T. chiriquensis: Cerro Punta, Chiriqui, Panama, in nasal passages of the hummingbird Amazilia edward [Animalia: Trochilidae]; of R. epoecus: mouth of the Little Sur River, Monterey, California, USA, on flower of Castilleja affinis [Plantae: Scrophulariaceae].