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 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 distributionCzechoslovakia , 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 examined5 ♀♀ 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) .