Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species
Author
ZahidiK, Abdelaziz
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco.
Author
Akchour, Abdellah
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco
Author
K, Serge Kreiter
CBGP, Institut Agro, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Author
TixierK, Marie-Stéphane
CBGP, Institut Agro, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Author
MsandaK, Fouad
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco.
Author
MousadikK, Abdelhamid El
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco.
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Acarologia
2023
2023-06-08
63
3
691
724
http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/v5of-5oe1
journal article
10.24349/v5of-5oe1
2107-7207
Paragigagnathus tamaricis
Amitai & Grinberg
Paragigagnathus tamaricis
Amitai & Grinberg 1971: 327
;
Moraes
et al.
2004a: 159
;
Chant & McMurtry 2003: 44
,
2007: 33
.
Paragigagnathus tawfiki
(
Yousef 1974
)
: 381 (Synonymy according to
Chant & McMurtry 2003
).
World distribution
—
Egypt
,
Iran
,
Israel
,
Italy
,
Jordan
,
Morocco
,
Saudi Arabia
, and
Tunisia
.
Previous records from
Morocco
— This species is reported for the first time by
Tixier
et al.
(2016)
for Morocco and the Maghreb region. It was collected in the Oasis of Zagora on
Tetraclinis articulata
(Vahl) Mast.
(
Cupressaceae
), at the Damon Oum Er Bia River on
Tamarix africana
Poir.
(
Tamaricaceae
), in the Gorges of Zegzel on
Tamarix communis
L. (
Tamaricaceae
) (
Tixier
et al.
2016
). These authors suggest a narrow relationship between this species and plants of
Tamarix
genus.
Specimens examined
—
7 ♀♀
and
1 ♂
on citrus leaves in
July 2017
, at Nour domain.
Remarks
— The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by
Hajizadeh
et al.
(2010)
for specimens from
Iran
.