Tropicoseius colombiensis ( Fain & Hyland, 1980 )

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

Tropicoseius colombiensis ( Fain & Hyland, 1980)

This species was described from Colombia from the hummingbirds Phaethornis guy , P. syrmatophorus , P. superciliosus and Eutoxeres aquila . Naskrecki & Colwell (1998) reported this species predominantly from Heliconia spp. ( Heliconiaceae ) from Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica.

Material examined. Two females from Eutoxeres aquila, Hitoy Cerere BR, August 2004, coll. I. Literak; 8 females and 1 deutonymph from the same host, Barbilla NP, September 2004, coll. I. Literak.