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
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Neoseiulus longilaterus
(Athias-Henriot, 1957)
Typhlodromus longilaterus
Athias-Henriot, 1957b: 218
.
Typhlodromus
(
Amblyseius
)
longilaterus
.—Chant, 1959: 79.
Cydnodromus longilaterus
.—Muma, 1961: 290.
Amblyseius
(
Amblyseius
)
longilaterus
.—Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 128.
Amblyseius longilaterus
.
—
Swirski & Amitai, 1997a: 14.
This species is only known from the Mediterranean basin. It has been mainly reported from plants of family
Poaceae
. This is the first report of this species from
Morocco
. Only one study deals with its biology. Tsolakis
et al
. (2013) showed its ability to feed on
T
.
urticae
and
P
.
citri
.
Specimens examined: 2003, Larache Beach
on
Echium vulgare
(Boraginaceae)
(
1 female
).
Previous records:
Algeria
,
Israel
,
Tunisia
.