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INV-8004 Tropicoseius ornatus (Fain & Hyland, 1980)

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-8004
Genus	Tropicoseius
Species	ornatus
Authority	(Fain & Hyland, 1980)
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Suborder
Superfamily
Family	Melicharidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Original Collection	Colwell Mites
Original Collection No.
Other No.	D23
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	Adult(s)
Sex	Female
Specimen Lot	No
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity
Verbatim Label Text	DOMINICA, W.I.:/ View Pt. above Fresh/ Water Lake/ 20 March 1979/ Coll. R.K.Colwell/ (D23) Ex Lobelia #2/ (White fl.)/ (Lobelia ?flavescens) [left label]; ASCIDAE/ Tropicoseius/ ornatus [female sign]/ (Fain & Hyland)/ det. P. Naskrecki & R./ K. Colwell [
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Commonwealth of Dominica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Laudat
Body of Water
Locality Details	View Point above Fresh Water Lake
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1979-03-20
Collected By	Robert K. Colwell
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

HOST DATA

Host Type	Plant
Phylum	Angiospermophyta
Class
Order	Asterales
Family	Campanulaceae
Genus	Lobelia
Species	flavescens
Site in/on Host
Host Collection No.
Host Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2022-04-01	Created	K. Menard
2025-04-18	Modified	K. Menard

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