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. text 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 distributionEgypt , 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 examined7 ♀♀ 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 .