Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species Author ZahidiK, Abdelaziz Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco. Author Akchour, Abdellah Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco Author K, Serge Kreiter CBGP, Institut Agro, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Author TixierK, Marie-Stéphane CBGP, Institut Agro, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Author MsandaK, Fouad Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco. Author MousadikK, Abdelhamid El Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences, 80000 Agadir, Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), Agadir, Morocco. text Acarologia 2023 2023-06-08 63 3 691 724 http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/v5of-5oe1 journal article 10.24349/v5of-5oe1 2107-7207 Graminaseius graminis (Chant) Amblyseius graminis Chant 1956: 34 . Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) graminis , Chant 1959: 89 ; Arutunjan 1970 . Amblyseius ( Typhlodromopsis ) graminis , Muma 1961: 287 . Typhlodromus ( Typhlodromus ) graminis , Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 636 . Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) graminis , Wainstein 1973: 178 , 1975: 920, 1977: 1415; Ueckermann & Loots 1988: 132. Neoseiulus graminis , Moraes et al. 1986: 81 . Amblyseius ( Typhlodromips ) graminis , Karg 1991 . Amblyseius graminis , Moraes et al. 2004a: 26 . Graminaseius graminis , Chant & McMurtry 2004: 219 , 2007: 85 . Graminaseius collyerae ( Chant, 1959 ) : 87 (Synonymy according to Athias-Henriot 1966 ). Graminaseius exiguus ( Hirschmann, 1962 ) : 26 (Synonymy according to Athias-Henriot 1966 ). World distribution — Algeria , Armenia , Australia , Azerbaijan, Azores, Chile , Denmark , England , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iran , Italy , Latvia , Mexico , Moldova , Montenegro , Morocco , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Russia , Spain , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , Ukraine , and USA . Previous records from Morocco — This species was already reported by McMurtry and Bounfour (1989) and Tixier et al. (2016) from several regions on many plant families such as Apiaceae , Asteraceae , Brassicaceae , and Lamiaceae . Specimens examined — 3 ♀♀ on Malva parviflora L. ( Malvaceae ) in May 2017 at Chabaika orchard; 2 ♀♀ on the same plant in July 2017 at the same domain. Remarks — The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Döker et al. (2019) for specimens from Turkey . This species is distributed worldwide and has been collected on a great variety of plants including citrus ( Kreiter et al. 2010 ; Sahraoui et al. 2012 ) and horticultural crops ( Tixier et al. 2016 ).