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 Euseius dossei (Pritchard & Baker) Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) dossei Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 286 ; Ueckermann & Loots 1988: 110. Euseius dossei , Moraes et al. 1986: 40 , 1989: 83 , 2004a: 65 ; Chant & McMurtry 2005: 215 , 2007: 120 . World distribution — Benin , Burundi , DR Congo , Ghana , Kenya , Mozambique , Nigeria , Rwanda , Sierra Leone , and Uganda . Specimens examined — 8 ♀♀ on Malva parviflora L. ( Malvaceae ) in September 2018 at Ouled Abdellah. This is the first record of this species in Morocco . Remarks — The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Moraes et al. (2001) for specimens from Sub-Saharan Africa.