Rhinoseius tiptoni Baker & Yunker, 1964

Dusbabek, Frantisek, Literak, Ivan, Capek, Miroslav & Havlicek, Martin, 2007, 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, Zootaxa 1484, pp. 51-67 : 63

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176933
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245675
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B8795-EC47-FFDD-1AFC-FD91FBB1FCC5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Rhinoseius tiptoni Baker & Yunker, 1964
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The type material originates from Phaethornis guy , and paratypes from the hummingbird Lamporis castaneoventris (Gould, 1851) from Panama. It feeds primarily on flowers of Gesneriaceae in Costa Rica (Naskrecki & Colwell, 1998).

Material examined. One female from Phaethornis superciliosus, Hitoy Cerere BR, August 2004; 2 females from the same host, Barbilla NP, September 2004, all coll. I. Literak.