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INV-8128 Tropicoseius heliconiae (Baker & Yunker, 1964)

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-8128
Genus	Tropicoseius
Species	heliconiae
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.	88-2364
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
Specimen Lot	Yes
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity	2
Verbatim Label Text	ECUADOR: Napo, new road/ from cotundo to Coca off of/ Baeza-Tena road, 68km ft/ 27-II-1988/ Ex Heliconia chartacea/ coll. W.J. Kress/ 88-2364 [left label]; ASCIDAE/ Tropicoseius/ heliconiae/ Baker and/ Yunker [male sign]/ det. P. Naskrecki & R./ K. Colwel
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Ecuador
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Napo
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Coca
Body of Water
Locality Details	New road from Cotundo to Coca off Baeza Tena road
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1988-02-27
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	chartacea
Site in/on Host
Host Collection No.
Host Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2022-04-01	Created	K. Menard
2025-04-15	Modified	K. Menard

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