EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INV-5672 Tropicoseius phoreticus (Fain, Hyland & Aitken, 1977)

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Accession No.	INV-5672
Genus	Tropicoseius
Species	phoreticus
Authority	(Fain, Hyland & Aitken, 1977)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Suborder
Superfamily
Family	Melicharidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Original Collection	Colwell Mites
Original Collection No.
Other No.	T17:1
Endangered	No
CITES Listed	No
Source of Accepted Name
Taxon ID Notes	species transferred to Tropicoseius; one specimen might be Proctolaelaps

Type Specimen	No
Kind	Slide
Slide No.
Preservation	Hoyer's
Preparation Notes
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex
Specimen Lot	Yes
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity	2
Verbatim Label Text	Ex T17:1/ Chlorestes/ notatus ([female sign])/ Andrews Trace/ Trinidad/ Colwell 2 Aug 75 [left label]; Rhinoseius/ phoreticus/ Fain et al., 1977/ [female sign]/ Procto [female sign]? [right label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By	Robert K. Colwell
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

Country	Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Carapichaima
Body of Water
Locality Details	Andrews Trace
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

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

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