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
text
Zootaxa
2016
4067
5
501
551
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.1
708a1466-d0fd-4f49-bf02-765fc34c051e
1175-5326
270636
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Typhloseiulus eleonorae
(Ragusa & Swirski, 1981)
Seiulus eleonorae
Ragusa & Swirski, 1981: 269
.
This species has seldom been reported and is only known from three countries around the Mediterranean Sea. This species was only observed on oaks. Seven specimens among the nine collected were also observed on the genus
Quercus
, suggesting a narrow relationship between this species and this plant genus. This is the first report of this species from
Morocco
.
Specimens examined: 2003, near Larache
on
Quercus suber
(Fagaceae)
(
3 females
),
Knautia purpurea
(Caprifoliaceae)
(
1 female
),
Road to Souk El Arba
on
Quercus suber
(Fagaceae)
(
3 females
,
1 male
),
Daphne gnidium
(Thymelaeaceae)
(
1 female
).
Previous records:
France
,
Italy
,
Greece
(Stathakis & Papadoulis, 2012).