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 Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, 1957 Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, 1957a: 347 . Phytoseiulus riegeli .—Dosse, 1958: 48. Typhlodromus persimilis .—Hirschmann, 1962: 75. Phytoseiulus ( Phytoseiulus ) persimilis .—Wainstein, 1962: 17. Phytoseiulus tardi . — Kennett & Caltagirone, 1968: 571. Phytoseiulus persimilis .—Chant, 1959: 109; Moraes et al ., 2004: 169; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 53. Phytoseiulus persimilis is one of the best-known phytoseiid species in the world, because of its use to control T . urticae in greenhouses all over the world. This species is distributed world-wide especially because it is commercialised. It was first described from Algeria on Rosa sp. and until the 1970’s mainly reported from the Mediterranean region (Kanouh et al ., 2010a; Kreiter et al ., 2010). This species was already known from Morocco , reported by McMurtry & Bounfour (1989) and Tixier et al . (2003). It was quite often presently observed on wild plants in various regions of Morocco , suggesting its presence outside of crops. Specimens examined: 2002, Bouazza on Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) ( 5 females , 4 males ), Meknes University on Stachys ocymastum (Lamiaceae) ( 5 females , 2 males ), Vicia benghalensis (Fabaceae) ( 1 female ), Road from El-Jadida to Casablanca on Solananum sodomeum (Solanaceae) ( 1 female ), Botanical Garden of Meknes on Malva sp. ( Malvaceae ) ( 1 female ), unknown plant ( 3 females ), Ouled Abbou on Malva sp. ( Malvaceae ) ( 1 female ). Previous records: Algeria , Australia , Canada , Canary Islands, Chile , China , Costa Rica , Cyprus , Finland , France , Greece , Guatemala , Hungary , Israel , Italy , Japan (Ohno et al . 2012), Jordan , Lybia, Morocco , New Caledonia , Peru , Portugal , Reunion Island , Serbia , South Africa , South Korea , Spain , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , USA , Venezuela .