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 Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans, 1930) Typhlodromus cucumeris Oudemans, 1930b: 69 . Amblyseius cucumeris . — Athias-Henriot, 1957: 336. Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) cucumeris . — Chant, 1959: 78. Amblyseius ( Neoseiulus ) cucumeris . — De Leon, 1965: 23. Neoseiulus cucumeris . — Moraes et al ., 1986: 76; Moraes et al ., 2004: 115; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 25. This species is very commonly found in Europe. It has been already reported from Morocco by McMurtry & Bounfour (1989). It is commercialised and used in greenhouses to control phytophagous mites but essentially thrips (Messelink et al ., 2006). It is also known to feed on tarsonemid mites (Tuovinen & Lindquist, 2010) and Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hwang Yong et al ., 2008) . It has been naturally reported in eco- and agrosystems especially on grass. Specimens examined: 2003, Larache on Juncus articulates (Juncaceae) ( 7 females ), Gorges of Zegzel on Lavandula dentata (Lamiaceae) ( 1 female ). Previous records: Algeria , Armenia , Australia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belgium , Byelorussia , Canada , Canary Islands, Caucasus region, Chile (Ragusa & Vargas, 2002), Cyprus , Egypt , England , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , India , Iran , Israel , Italy , Latvia , Mexico , Morocco (Kreiter et al ., 2007), New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Netherlands , Tunisia , Turkey , Ukraine , USA .