EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INVERTEBRATE SPECIMEN DETAILS

INV-5516 Rhinoseius richardsoni Hunter, 1972

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-5516
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.	239 4/7
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
Specimen Lot	No
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity
Verbatim Label Text	Vial 239 4/7 / 26 Aug 72/ R. richardsoni/ Macleania glabra/ [female sign]/ Certago: Cerro G2 [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 de La Muerte Massif National Park
Body of Water
Locality Details	Cerro de La Muerte Massif National Park
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1972-08-26
Collected By	Robert K. Colwell
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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