EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INVERTEBRATE SPECIMEN DETAILS

INV-6297 Rhinoseius richardsoni Hunter, 1972

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-6297
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.	80
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	Rhinoseius/ richardsoni/ Hunter, 1972/ [female sign][left label]; Costa Rica/ Salsipuedes (Cerro)/ 27 March 71/ Ex: Cavendishia sp./ R. K. Colwell/ 80/ Hoyers 11/71 [right label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	fair
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Puntarenas
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Cerro Salsipuedes
Body of Water
Locality Details	Cerros de Salsipuedes
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1971-03-27
Collected By	Robert K. Colwell
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

HOST DATA

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

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2022-04-01	Created	K. Menard
2026-01-14	Modified	K. Menard

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