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 902CB084-17BB-4952-B738-E6E4E989771B Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein, 1960) Typhlodromus messor Wainstein, 1960: 688 . Amblyseius messor .—Athias-Henriot, 1961: 425. Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) messor .—Ehara, 1966: 22; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 66. Amblyseius ( Amblyseiulus ) messor .—Arutunjan, 1970: 16. Proprioseiopsis ( Amblyseiulus ) messor . — Karg, 1989: 212. Proprioseiopsis messor .—Moraes et al ., 2004: 180; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 89. Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) apheles . — Van der Merwe, 1968: 121. Amblyseius lindquisti . — Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 246. This species has been observed world-wide, essentially on grass and sometimes in soil. It was reported from Morocco by McMurtry & Bounfour (1989) on Hordeum sp. and an unknown plant. Nothing is known of its biology. Specimens examined: 2003, Guerbouss Mountain Pass on Helianthemum virgatum (Cistaceae) ( 1 female ), Gorges of Zegzel on Echium sp. ( Boraginaceae ) ( 1 female ). Previous records: Algeria , Argentina , Armenia , Australia and neighbouring areas, Azerbaijan , Canary Islands, Egypt (Abo-Shnaf & Moraes, 2014), France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iran , Israel , Italy , Latvia , Morocco , New Zealand , Portugal , Saudi Arabia , Slovakia , South Africa , Spain , Syria , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine .