Diproctophyllodes dielytra (Trouessart, 1885)

Proctophyllodes (Alloptes) dielytra Trouessart, 1885: 66 .

Alloptes dielytra, Canestrini and Kramer 1899: 111; Radford 1953: 213; 1958: 148. Brephosceles dielytra, Berla 1959a: 1 –3, figs. 1, 2.

Diproctophyllodes dielytra, Atyeo and Gaud 1968: 212, figs. 5–7.

Brephosceles exquisitus Berla, 1959a: 3 –4, figs. 3, 4; synonymized by Atyeo and Gaud 1968.

Material examined. 3 males and 16 females (ZISP 6297–6315) from Chiroxiphia linearis (Bonaparte, 1838) (Pipridae), COSTA RICA, Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Cordillera de Guanacaste Mts., 10°46’N, 85°18’N; 800 m; 20 August 2009, collectors I. Literak, O. Sychra and M. Capek ; 3 males and 12 females (ZISP 6182–6196) from Corapipo altera Hellmayr, 1906 (Pipridae), COSTA RICA, Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Cordillera de Guanacaste Mts., 10°46'N, 85°18'W, 23 August 2009, collectors I. Literak, O. Sychra and M. Capek ; 10 females (ZISP 6531–6540) from C. altera, COSTA RICA, Tapantí National Park, Sector Tapantí, Cordillera de Talamanca Mts., 09°46’N, 83°47’W, 8 August 2009, collectors I. Literak, O. Sychra and M. Capek ; 4 males and 10 females (ZISP 6541–6554), same host and collection data.

This species is associated with various manakins ( Passeriformes: Pipridae). Originally, it was described from Pipra aureola (Linnaeus) (type host) in Cayenne (French Guiana) and Ceratopipra erythrocephala (Linnaeus) in “Guyanes” (French Guiana or neighboring territories) (Trouessart, 1885). Later on, it was recorded from several more species of manakins from South America (Berla 1959a; Atyeo & Gaud 1968; Enout et al. 2012; Silva et al. 2015) (Table 1). This is the first finding of this mite in Costa Rica and the first records on Chiroxiphia linearis (Bonaparte) and Corapipo altera Hellmayr.