Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Morocco: new records, descriptions of five new species, re-descriptions of two species, and key for identification
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Tixier, Marie-Stephane
Author
Allam, Latifa
Author
Douin, Martial
Author
Kreiter, Serge
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Zootaxa
2016
4067
5
501
551
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.1
708a1466-d0fd-4f49-bf02-765fc34c051e
1175-5326
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Neoseiulella litoralis
(Swirski & Amitai, 1984)
Typhloctonus litoralis
Swirski & Amitai, 1984: 73
.
Neoseiulella
(
Typhloctona
)
litoralis
.—
Denmark
& Rather, 1996: 71.
Neoseiulella litoralis
.
—
Swirski & Amitai, 1997b: 37; Moraes
et al
., 2004: 294; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 147.
This species is mainly reported from
Israel
where it has been observed on many plants but never on crops. Nothing is known of its biology. It has been reported in
France
mainly in littoral areas. This is the first time it has been reported from
Morocco
, where it was mainly found near the Atlantic Ocean coast.
Specimens examined: 2002, Bouazza
on
Carlina racemosa
(Asteraceae)
(
1 female
),
Emex spinosa
(Polygonaceae)
(
7 females
,
4 males
),
Eryngium maritimum
(Apiaceae)
(
3 females
),
Euphorbia pithyusa
(Euphorbiaceae)
(
7 females
),
Medicago marina
(Fabaceae)
(
2 females
),
Road from
El Jadida
to Casablanca
on
Rhus
sp. (
Anacardiaceae
) (
1 female
),
Aïoun Asserdoun Spring
on
Punica granatum
(Lythraceae)
(
1 female
);
2003, Larache
on
Chenopodium album
(Amaranthaceae)
(
1 female
),
Gorges of Zegzel
on
Euphorbia
sp. (
Euphorbiaceae
) (
1 female
),
Larache Beach
on
Erodium ciconium
(Geraniaceae)
(
2 females
),
Solanum nigrum
(Solanaceae)
(
2 females
),
Euphorbia peplus
(Euphorbiaceae)
(
2 females
),
Limonium ferulaceum
(Plumbaginaceae)
(
1 female
),
Salicornia europaea
(Amaranthaceae)
(
1 female
),
Saïdia
on
Lotus
creticus
(Fabaceae)
(
2 females
),
Malva parviflora
(Malvaceae)
(
2 females
),
Anthemis
sp. (
Asteraceae
) (
5 females
),
Carduus cephalanthus
(Asteraceae)
(
4 females
),
Pseudorlaya pumila
(Apiaceae)
(
4 females
,
2 males
).
Previous records:
Israel
,
Spain
,
France
(Kanouh
et al
., 2010b).