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 Paragigagnathus molestus (Kolodochka) Pamiroseius molestus Kolodochka 1989: 228 ; Paragigagnathus molestus , Moraes et al. 1986: 103 , 2004a: 159 ; Chant & McMurtry 2003: 44, 2007: 33 . World distributionIran and Turkmenistan . Specimens examined3 ♀♀ + 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 ).