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 Neoseiulus alpinus (Schweizer, 1922) Amblyseius obtustus var. alpinus Schweizer, 1922: 41 . Amblyseius alpinus .—Schweizer, 1949: 79. Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) alpinus .—Chant, 1959: 105. Typhlodromus ( Typhlodromus ) alpinus .—Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 651. Amblyseius ( Neoseiulus ) alpinus .—Karg, 1993: 189. Neoseiulus alpinus .—Evans, 1987: 1461; Moraes et al ., 2004: 100; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 25. Neoseiulus aurescens .—Tuttle & Muma, 1973: 20. This species is observed rarely on crops, sometimes in apple orchards and on strawberries, where it seems able to control T . urticae and Phytonemus pallidus (Banks) (Fitzgerald et al ., 2008) . Studies in USSR discovered the thelytoky in this species. This is the first record of this species in Morocco . Specimens examined: 2003, Larache Beach on Echium vulgare (Boraginaceae) ( 1 female ). Previous records: Algeria , Australia , Austria , Belgium , Chile (Ragusa & Vargas, 2002), Cuba , Czech Republic , England , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hawai, Hungary , Italy , Jordan , Latvia , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Russia , Slovakia , Spain , Switzerland , Turkey , Tunisia , Ukraine , USA .