Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Morocco: new records, descriptions of five new species, re-descriptions of two species, and key for identification Author Tixier, Marie-Stephane Author Allam, Latifa Author Douin, Martial Author Kreiter, Serge text Zootaxa 2016 4067 5 501 551 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.1 708a1466-d0fd-4f49-bf02-765fc34c051e 1175-5326 270636 902CB084-17BB-4952-B738-E6E4E989771B Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) clairathiasae Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967 Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) clairathiasae Wainstein & Arutunjan, 1967: 1766 . Anthoseius clairathiasae .—Beglyarov, 1981: 25. Amblydromella clairathiasae .—Moraes et al ., 1986. Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) clairathiasae . — Moraes et al ., 2004: 318. This species was first reported as Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) kazachstanicus Wainstein in Algeria by Athias- Henriot (1960b), but then identified as a new species by Wainstein & Arutunjan (1967). Nothing is known of its biology. This is the second report of this species in the world. Specimens examined: 2003, Ras El Ma on Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae) ( 1 female ), Silene sedoides (Caryophyllaceae) ( 1 female ), near Larache on Chamaerops humilis (Arecaceae) ( 1 female ), Saïdia on Lygos raetrum (Fabaceae) ( 1 female ). Previous records: Algeria . Redescription of the adult female ( n = 2) ( Figs 1–4 ) Dorsum ( Fig. 1 ) . Dorsal shield 358, 360 long and 190, 193 wide, lightly reticulated, with five solenostomes ( gd2 , gd5 , gd6 , gd8 and gd9 ), 18 pairs of dorsal setae and two pairs of sub-lateral setae: j 1 23, 25; j 3 20, 32; j 4 16, 18; j 5 20, 24; j 6 23, 25; J2 26; J5 12; z 2 20, 23; z 3 25, 28; z4 30; z 5 20, 23; Z4 50, 53; Z5 58; s4 32 , 34; s6 35 , 38; S2 40 , 43; S4 38 , 40; S 5 17 , 23; r3 32, 35; R 1 28, 30. All setae smooth, except Z4 and Z5 , slightly serrated. Peritreme extending between j1 and j3 ( Fig. 1 ). Venter ( Fig. 2 ) . Sternal shield, with a few lateral striae, with two pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; two pairs of sternal setae and lyrifissures (only visible on one specimen) on small metasternal plates. Distances between ST1 – ST3 58, 62; ST2 – ST2 60, 75; ST5–ST5 60. Two pairs of metapodal plates 30 (28, 32) long, 0.5 wide for the largest and 15 (13, 15) long and 0.2 wide for the smallest. Ventri-anal shield with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 , JV2 , JV3 and ZV2 and no pre-anal pore. Membrane surrounding ventri-anal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 , ZV3 , JV4 and JV5 ; ventri-anal shield 113, 122 long; 85, 88 wide at anterior corners, and 70, 73 wide at level of anus. JV5 54, 60 long. No visible lyrifissure near JV5 . FIGURES 1–4. Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) clairathiasae , female. 1. Dorsal shield; 2. Ventral idiosoma; 3. Tibia and basitarsus IV; 4. Spermatheca. Legs ( Fig. 3 ) . Legs IV with a swollen-tipped macroseta on basitarsus, STIV 50, 55. Chaetotactic formula of genu II: seven setae, 2 2/0, 2/0 1; genu III: seven setae, 2 2/0, 2/0 1. Chelicera . Fixed digit 27 long and movable digit 22 long, dentition not discernable. Spermatheca ( Fig. 4 ) . Cup-shaped and pocular ( Denmark et al ., 1999), with a cervix 12 long and 5 wide, atrium included in the calyx.