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
Graminaseius graminis
(Chant, 1956)
Amblyseius graminis
Chant, 1956: 34
.
Typhlodromus
(
Amblyseius
)
graminis
.—Chant, 1959: 89.
Amblyseius
(
Typhlodromus
)
graminis
.—Muma, 1961: 287.
Typhlodromus
(
Typhlodromus
)
graminis
.—Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 636.
Amblyseius
(
Amblyseius
)
graminis
.—Wainstein, 1973: 178; Wainstein, 1975: 920; Wainstein, 1977: 1415; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 132.
Neoseiulus graminis
.—Moraes
et al
., 1986: 81.
Amblyseius graminis
.—Moraes
et al
., 2004: 26.
Graminaseius graminis
.—Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 85.
This species is distributed world-wide but mainly reported from Europe and North Africa. It is known from
Algeria
and
Tunisia
(Kreiter
et al
., 2010). It has been collected on a great variety of plants including plum, pear, apple, citrus and horticultural crops (Ferragut
et al
., 1985; Minarro
et al
., 2002; Perez Otero
et al
., 2005; Kreiter
et al
., 2010; Sahraoui
et al
., 2012). Nothing is known of its biology. This species was already reported from
Morocco
by McMurtry & Bounfour (1989). A total of
249 specimens
was collected in the present survey, mainly on the Atlantic Ocean coast and on herbaceous plants.
Specimens examined: 2002, Aïoun Asserdoun Spring
on
Punica granatum
(Lythraceae)
(
1 female
),
Bouazza
on
Carlina racemosa
(Asteraceae)
(
7 females
,
3 males
),
Eryngium maritimum
(Apiaceae)
(
1 female
),
Centaurea sphaerocephala
(Asteraceae)
(
15 females
,
3 males
),
Scolymus maculatus
(Asteraceae)
(
5 females
),
Emex spinosa
(Polygonaceae)
(
4 females
),
Euphorbia pithyusa
(Euphorbiaceae)
(
3 females
),
Medicago marina
(Fabaceae)
(
5 females
),
Gorges of Dadès, Aït Arbi
on
Mentha
sp. (
Lamiaceae
) (
10 females
,
4 males
),
Road from
El Jadida
to Casablanca
on
Solananum sodomeum
(Solonaceae)
(
4 females
),
Rhus
sp. (
Anacardiaceae
) (
1 female
),
Echium humile
(Boraginaceae)
(
8 females
,
4 males
),
Oum Er Biaroad
on
Convolvulus altheoides
(Convolvulaceae)
(
7 females
),
Calamentha
sp. (
Lamiaceae
) (
1 female
),
Road of Beni Mellal, 70 Kms of Kenifra
on
Centaurea
sp. (
Asteraceae
) (
7 females
),
Convolvulus
sp. (
Convolvulaceae
) (
1 female
);
2003
,
near Larache
on
Asphodelus fistulosus
(Xanthorrhoeaceae)
(
1 female
),
Spartel Cape
on
Lythrum tribracteatum
(Lythraceae)
(
2 females
),
Echium vulgare
(Boraginaceae)
(
4 females
,
2 males
),
El Jadida
on
Verbascum sinuatum
(Scrophulariaceae)
(
5 females
,
3 males
),
Larache Beach
on
Lycium europaeum
(Solanaceae)
(
1 female
),
Lygos sphaerocarpa
(Fabaceae)
(
1 female
),
Pistacia lentiscus
(Anacardiaceae)
(
1 female
),
Solanum sodomaceum
(Solanaceae)
(
4 females
,
2 males
),
Medicago marina
(Fabaceae)
(
4 females
),
Chenopodium album
(Amaranthaceae)
(
1 female
),
Andryala
sp. (
Asteraceae
) (
2 females
),
Anthemis tinctoria
(Asteraceae)
(
9 females
,
4 males
),
Cakile maritima
(Brassicaceae)
(
2 females
),
Conyza canadensis
(Asteraceae)
(
8 females
,
3 males
),
Echium italicum
(Boraginaceae)
(
2 females
),
Echium vulgare
(Boraginaceae)
(
14 females
),
Erodium ciconium
(Geraniaceae)
(
3 females
),
Euphorbia peplus
(Euphorbiaceae)
(
2 females
),
Lycopersicum esculentum
(Solanaceae)
(
11 females
,
5 males
),
Lythrum portula
(Lythraceae)
(
1 female
),
Malcolmia maritima
(Brassicaceae)
(
3 females
),
Otanthus maritimus
(Asteraceae)
(
2 females
),
Plantago maritima
(Plantaginaceae)
(
7 females
),
Polygonum maritimum
(Polygonaceae)
(
1 female
),
Richardia picuoides
(Rubiaceae)
(
2 females
),
Salsola kali
(Amaranthaceae)
(
4 females
),
Silene succulenta
(Apiaceae)
(
1 female
),
Trifolium boisseri
(Fabaceae)
(
2 females
),
Road of Tiz'n Tichka
on
Malva parviflora
(Malvaceae)
(
1 female
),
Mazari Cape
on
Hypericum
sp. (
Hypericaceae
) (
3 females
),
Echium vulgare
(Boraginaceae)
(
1 female
),
Guerbouss Moutain pass
on
Convolvulus valentinus
(Convolvulaceae)
(
2 females
),
Gorges of Zegzel
on
Mentha pulegium
(
1 female
),
Lavandula multifida
(Lamiaceae)
(
2 females
),
Izemmouren
on
Melissa officinalis
(
2 females
),
Ajuga iva
(Lamiaceae)
(
1 female
),
Ras El Ma
on
Cynoglossum creticum
(Boraginaceae)
(
1 female
),
Mentha suaveolens
(Lamiaceae)
(
1 female
),
Road to Souk El Arba
on
Coleostephus myconis
(Asteraceae)
(
13 females
,
5 males
).
Previous records:
Algeria
,
Armenia
,
Australia
,
Azerbaijan
, Canary Islands (Moraza & Pena, 2005),
Chile
(Ragusa & Vargas, 2002; Rioja & Vargas, 2009),
Denmark
,
England
,
France
,
Germany
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Iran
(Hajizadeh & Nazari, 2012),
Israel
,
Italy
,
Latvia
,
Mexico
,
Moldova
,
Montenegro
,
Morocco
,
Norway
,
Poland
,
Portugal
,
Russia
,
Spain
,
Syria
,
Tunisia
,
Turkey
,
Ukraine
,
USA
.