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
Paragigagnathus molestus
(Kolodochka)
Pamiroseius molestus
Kolodochka 1989: 228
;
Paragigagnathus molestus
,
Moraes
et al.
1986: 103
,
2004a: 159
;
Chant & McMurtry 2003:
44,
2007: 33
.
World distribution
—
Iran
and
Turkmenistan
.
Specimens examined
—
3 ♀♀
+ 1 im. associated with tetranychid mites on
Ricinus communis
L. (
Euphorbiaceae
), specimens collected in
April 2019
, at the Bottom of Aourir river, between Alma and Aourir villages,
Agadir
Ida Outanan Province, in the argan forest. This is the first record of this species in
Morocco
.
Remarks
— The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by
Hajizadeh
et al.
(2010)
for specimens from
Iran
. The
type
specimens were collected from
Tamarix
spp.
L. (
Tamaricaceae
) in
Turkmenistan
, Kalinin (
Kolodochka 1989
), and additional reports from
Iran
were observed on
Tamarix
spp.
(
Hajizadeh
et al.
2010
).