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.
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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
Paraseiulus triporus
(Chant & Yoshida-Shaul)
Typhlodromus triporus
Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982: 3029
.
Paraseiulus triporus
,
Moraes
et al.
1986: 208
,
2004a: 303
;
Hajizadeh
et al.
2002: 376
;
Chant
& McMurtry 2007: 143.
World distribution
—
Czechoslovakia
,
Czech Republic
,
Denmark
,
Finland
,
France
, Georgia,
Germany
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Iran
,
Italy
,
Kazakhstan
,
Moldova
,
Morocco
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Portugal
,
Russia
,
Serbia
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Spain
,
Sweden
,
Syria
,
Turkey
,
Ukraine
, and
USA
.
Previous records from
Morocco
— This species has been reported for the first time by
Tixier
et al.
(2003)
. It has been collected on
Ulmus
spp.
L. (
Ulmaceae
) at Ifrane city.
Specimens examined
—
5 ♀♀
and
4 ♀♀
on citrus leaves at Stah Al
Madina
and Nour orchards, respectively;
3 ♀♀
on
Malva parviflora
L. (
Malvaceae
) at Taoufiqui 1 domain in
June 2018
.
Remarks
— The measurements of adult females collected agree with those provided by
Hajizadeh
et al.
(2002)
and by
Faraji
et al.
(2007)
.