EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INV-7947 Tropicoseius fairchildi (Baker & Yunker, 1964)

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Accession No.	INV-7947
Genus	Tropicoseius
Species	fairchildi
Authority	(Baker & Yunker, 1964)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Suborder
Superfamily
Family	Melicharidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Original Collection	Colwell Mites
Original Collection No.
Other No.	89-2932
Endangered	No
CITES Listed	No
Source of Accepted Name
Taxon ID Notes	species transferred to Tropicoseius

Type Specimen	No
Kind	Slide
Slide No.
Preservation	Hoyer's
Preparation Notes
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage	Adult(s)
Sex	Male
Specimen Lot	Yes
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity	2
Verbatim Label Text	ECUADOR: Esmeraldas, 1km/ beyond Alto Tambo towards San/ Lorenzo, el 600m, 27-X-1989/ Ex Heliconia chrysocraspeda aff./ coll. Kress et al./ 89-2932 [left label]; Rhinoseius/ fairchildi/ (Baker and/ Yunker, 1964)/ [male sign][right label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By	Robert K. Colwell
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

Country	Ecuador
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Esmeraldas
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	San Lorenzo
Body of Water
Locality Details	1km beyond Alto Tambo towards San Lorenzo
Coordinates
Elevation	600m
Locality Notes

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

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