EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INVERTEBRATE SPECIMEN DETAILS

INV-5510 Rhinoseius richardsoni Hunter, 1972

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-5510
Genus	Rhinoseius
Species	richardsoni
Authority	Hunter, 1972
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Suborder
Superfamily
Family	Melicharidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Original Collection	Colwell Mites
Original Collection No.
Other No.	233
Endangered	No
CITES Listed	No
Source of Accepted Name
Taxon ID Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Specimen	No
Kind	Slide
Slide No.
Preservation	Hoyer's
Preparation Notes
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex	Female
Specimen Lot	No
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity
Verbatim Label Text	Costa Rica/ Vial 233/ Cargago: Cerro G/ R. richardsoni/ Macleania glabra/ 26-VIII-72/ 1[female sign][left label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Cartago
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Cerro Gurdian
Body of Water
Locality Details	Cerro Gurdian
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes	Only montain with a G in Cartago

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1972-08-26
Collected By
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

HOST DATA

Host Type	Plant
Phylum	Angiospermophyta
Class
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Genus	Macleania
Species	rupestris
Site in/on Host
Host Collection No.
Host Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2022-04-01	Created	K. Menard
2025-12-30	Modified	K. Menard

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