Tropicoseius heliconiae Baker & Yunk er, 1964

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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).

References

Baker, E. W. & Yunker, C. E. (1964) New blattisociid mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) recovered from neotropical flowers and hummingbirds' nares. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 57, 103 - 126. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 57.1.103

Colwell, R. K. (1986 a) Community biology and sexual selection: lessons from hummingbird flower mites. In: Diamond, J. & Case, T. J. (Eds.), Community Ecology. Harper & Row, New York, pp. 406 - 424.

Fain, A., Hyland, K. E. & Aitken, T. H. G (1977 b) Flower mites of the family Ascidae phoretic in nasal cavities of birds (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia, 69, 99 - 154.

Fain, A., Hyland, K. E. & Aitken, T. H. G. (1977 a) Nouveaux acariens Ascidae (Mesostigmates) phoretique dans les fosses nasales de colibris (note preliminaire). Bulletin et Annales de La Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie, 113, 184 - 186.

Fain, A. (1992) Notes on the flower mites of the genus Rhinoseius Baker and Yunker, 1964 (Acari: Ascidae), phoretic in the nares of hummingbirds with a key to the known species. Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 62, 117 - 136.

Farrier, M. H. & Hennessey, M. K. (1993) Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America. An annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Technical Bulletin, 302, 1 - 408.

Hyland, K. E., Fain, A. & Moorhouse, A. S. (1978) Ascidae associated with the nasal cavities of Mexican birds (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 86, 260 - 267.

Lindquist, E. E. (1964 a) A Revision of Mites of Subfamily Blattisociinae (Acarina: Blattisociidae) in America North of Mexico. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 413 pp.

Naskrecki, P. & Colwell, R. K. (1998) Systematics and Host Plant Affiliations of Hummingbird Flower Mites of the Genera Tropicoseius Baker & Yunker and Rhinoseius Baker & Yunker (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae). Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 185 pp.

OConnor, B. M., Colwell, R. K. & Naeem, S. (1997) The flower mites of Trinidad III. The genus Rhinoseius (Acari: Ascidae). Miscellaneous Publications, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 184, 1 - 32.