EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INVERTEBRATE SPECIMEN DETAILS

INV-7943 Macrocheles sp. Latreille, 1829

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-7943
Genus	Macrocheles
Species	sp.
Authority	Latreille, 1829
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Suborder
Superfamily
Family	Macrochelidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Original Collection	Colwell Mites
Original Collection No.
Other No.	88-2269
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	ECUADOR: Los Rios/ Pinchincha,/ Rio Palenque Science Center,/ el 800ft, 19-II-1988/ Ex Heliconia obscura/ coll. W.J.Kress, 88-2269 [left label]; Macro [right label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Ecuador
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Pinchincha
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Patricia Pilar
Body of Water
Locality Details	Rio Palenque Science Center
Coordinates
Elevation	800ft
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1988-02-19
Collected By	W. J. Kress
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

HOST DATA

Host Type	Plant
Phylum	Angiospermophyta
Class
Order	Zingiberales
Family	Heliconiaceae
Genus	Heliconia
Species	obscura
Site in/on Host
Host Collection No.
Host Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2022-04-01	Created	K. Menard
2022-04-08	Modified	K. Menard
2025-04-28	Modified	K. Menard

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