Trochilodectes Park and Atyeo

Genus Trochilodectes Park and Atyeo

Trochilodectes abbreviatus Park and Atyeo, 1974

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Coeligena bonapartei (Boissoneau) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Colombia (Dept. Cundinamarca, Bogotá) ( Park & Atyeo 1974b). Later on, it was recorded ex Amazilia rutila (Delattre) from El Salvador ( Atyeo & Winchell 1984).

Trochilodectes alloptinus ( Trouessart, 1886)

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Aglaeactis cupripennis (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Central America ( Trouessart, 1886). Later on, it was recorded ex Aglaeactis c. cupripennis (Bourcier) from Ecuador and Colombia (Dept. Cundinamarca, Bogotá; Dept. Huila, Valle de las Papas) ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Trochilodectes bicuspidus Park and Atyeo, 1974

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Phaethornis longirostris longirostris (Delattre) (as P. superciliosus veraecrusis ) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Mexico ( Veracruz, Tabasco). It was also collected ex P. longirostris (Delattre) (as P. superciliosus ) from Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico ( Guerrero, Oaxaca) and ex P. yaruqui (Bourcier) from Ecuador and Colombia ( Park & Atyeo 1974b). This mite has never been recollected since the original description.

Trochilodectes trochilidarum (Trouessart, 1885)

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Guyana and Ecuador ( Trouessart 1885a). Later on, it was recorded from the same host in Colombia (Depts. Bolívar, Magdalena), Brazil (Para) and Trinidad, ex Anthracothorax p. prevostii (Lesson) from Mexico ( Chiapas, Oxaca) and A. nigricollis (Vieillot) from Trinidad ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Trochilodectes sp. A .

Hosts and distribution. This species was collected ex Phaethornis guy (Lesson) and P. syrmatophorus Gould ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Colombia ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Remark. This species was assigned to the “ Xynonodectes ramphodonis complex” by ( Park & Atyeo 1974b) but has never been formally described.

Trochilodectes sp. B .

Hosts and distribution. This species was collected ex Phaethornis a. anthophilus (Bourcier) and P. a. augusti (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) from Colombia ( Park & Atyeo 1974b).

Remark. This species was assigned to the “ Xynonodectes trochilidarum complex” by Park & Atyeo (1974b) but has never been formally described.

Trochilodectes sp. C .

Material examined. Ex Amazilia amabilis (Gould) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Río Zabaletas and Quebrada La Bomba, 100 m, 20 December 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3490.

Trochilodectes sp. D .

Material examined. Ex Amazilia franciae (Bourcier and Mulsant) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 3 males and 4 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Dagua, Río Verde, 7 December 1971, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3587.

Trochilodectes sp. E .

Material examined. Ex Boissonneaua flavescens (Loddiges) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Río Meléndez and Quebrada La Cristalina, 1850 m, 10 October 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3058.

Trochilodectes sp. F .

Material examined. Ex Chalcostigma herrani (Delattre and Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Farallones, Alto del Buey, 3385 m, 26 June 1973, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3932.

Trochilodectes sp. G .

Material examined. Ex Chalybura urochrysia (Gould) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 female, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Dagua, km 28, 200– 250 m, 26 September 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3124.

Trochilodectes sp. H .

Material examined. Ex Coeligena lutetiae (Delattre and Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Caldas: Villamaría, Bosque del Oso, Hacienda Corinto, 3560 m, 21 July 1980, coll. J.E. Orejuela & G. Cataño, UV No. 4331.

Trochilodectes sp. I .

Material examined. Ex Doryfera ludovicae (Bourcier and Mulsant) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male and 3 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Río Cali, 2000–2300 m, 12 July 1969, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 974.

Trochilodectes sp. J .

Material examined. Ex Glaucis aeneus Lawrence ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 8 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, near to the airport, 24 June 1971, coll. J.I. Borrero & L.A. Cruz, UV No. 3424.

Trochilodectes sp. K .

Material examined. Ex Heliangelus exortis (Fraser) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Risaralda: Santa Rosa de Cabal, Bosque Alto del Dulce, Hacienda El Porvenir, 3150 m, 5 August 1980, coll. J.E. Orejuela & G. Cataño, UV No. 4514.

Trochilodectes sp. L.

Material examined. Ex Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 2 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Río Cajambre, Cerro Caja, 480 m, 23 August 1983, coll. M.L. Martínez, UV No. 5127.

Trochilodectes sp. M.

Material examined. Ex Heliodoxa imperatrix (Gould) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male and 1 female, Dept. Chocó, San José del Palmar, Vereda La Italia, Alto del Oso, 5 October 1987, coll. L.G. Naranjo, UV No. 5958.

Trochilodectes sp. N.

Material examined. Ex Opisthoprora euryptera (Loddiges) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Risaralda: Santa Rosa de Cabal, Bosque Alto del Dulce, Hacienda El Porvenir, 3150 m, 29 July 1980, coll. J.E. Orejuela & G. Cataño, UV No. 4520.

Trochilodectes sp. O.

Material examined. Ex Schistes geoffroyi (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Darién, Lago Calima, 8 April 1979, coll. L.G. Naranjo, UV No. 4688.

Trochilodectes sp. P.

Material examined. Ex Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ): 1 male, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Cali, Río Meléndez and Quebrada La Cristalina, 1850 m, 11 October 1970, coll. J.I. Borrero & G. Cataño, UV No. 3050.