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 Paraseiulus talbii (Athias-Henriot) Typhlodromus talbii Athias-Henriot 1960b: 75 . Typhlodromus ( Neoseiulus ) talbii , Ehara 1966 a: 17 . Paraseiulus ( Bawus ) talbii , Wainstein, 1976: 699 . Bawus talbii , Moraes et al. 1986: 180 ; Swirski & Amitai 1990: 117 . Seiulus talbii , Nicotina & Cioffi 1999: 11 . Paraseiulus talbii , Abbasova 1972: 11 ; Moraes et al. 2004a: 301 ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 143 . Paraseiulus subsoleiger , Wainstein 1962: 139 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982 ). Paraseiulus tetramedius , Zaher & Shehata 1970: 117 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982 ). Seiulus amaliae , Ragusa & Swirski 1976: 183 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982 ). Paraseiulus ostiolatus , Athias-Henriot 1978: 699 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982 ). World distribution — Algeria , Argentina , Austria , Azerbaijan, China , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechoslovakia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Egypt , Finland , France , Georgia, Greece , Hungary , Iran , Israel , Italy , Morocco , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Syria , Tunisia , and Turkey . Previous records from Morocco — This species has been reported for the first time by Tixier et al. (2016) . It has been collected on Convolvulus althaeoides L. ( Convolvulaceae ) and Vinca major L. ( Apocynaceae ). Specimens examined — 3 ♀♀ + 1 ♂ on citrus leaves in June 2017 at Ouled Abdellah orchard; 2 ♀♀ on Acacia spp. ( Fabaceae ) used as windbreaks at the same domain. Remarks — The measurements of adult females collected agree with those provided by Chant and McMurtry (1994) .