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 Typhloseiella isotricha (Athias-Henriot, 1958) Seiulus isotrichus Athias-Henriot, 1958b: 37 . Amblyseius isotrichus .—Athias-Henriot, 1960b: 163. Typhlodromus isotrichus .—Hirschmann, 1962: 17. Athiaseius isotrichus .—Wainstein, 1962: 17. Amblyseius ( Typhloseiella ) isotricha .—van der Merwe, 1968: 160. Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) isotrichus .—Tseng, 1976: 107. Typhloseiella isotricha .—Moraes et al ., 2004: 230. This species is almost exclusively found on Dittrichia viscosa . Nothing is known of its biology. It was reported on the same plant from Morocco by Tixier et al . (2003). This paper also reports this species from the same plant suggesting a close relationship between this species and D . viscosa . Specimens examined: 2002, Damon Oum Er Bia River on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 5 females ), Oum Er Bia spring on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 8 females , 4 males ); 2003, Guerbous Moutain Pass on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 18 females , 5 males ), Gorges of Zegzel on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 1 female ), Izemmouren on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 5 females , 4 males ), Larache Beach on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 7 females , 3 males ), Mazari Cape on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 2 females ), Spartel Cape on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 7 females , 3 males ), Road to Souk El Arba on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) ( 1 female ). Previous records: Algeria , Canary Islands, France , Greece , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Portugal , Spain , Tunisia .