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
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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
.