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 Transeius audeae Kreiter, Allam & Tixier , new species Specimens examined: Holotype : female, at Meknès on Vitis vinifera . June, 16, 2001. Deposited in the Montpellier SupAgro—INRA Acarology collection. Description of the adult female (n = 1) ( Figs 17–21 ) Diagnosis . Dorsal shield smooth with anterolateral striae. All setae smooth. Measurements of the following setae different from other species of the genus Transeius : s4 = 55, S2 = 50 and Z5 = 78. Peritremes extend to j1 . Sternal shield with three pairs of setae, posterior margin slightly concave. Ventri-anal shield striated and squareshaped. Three pairs of pre-anal setae and a pair of round pores. Calyx of spermatheca pocular tubular. Fixed digit of chelicera with two teeth; movable unidentate. Genu II with eight setae. Three macrosetae on leg IV ( Ge IV 47, tibia, STI IV 35 and basitarsus, ST IV 70). Dorsum ( Fig. 17 ) . Dorsal shield mostly smooth with anterolateral striae, with six solenostomes ( gd1 , gd2 , gd4 , gd6 , gd8 and gd9 ) and eight poroids, 385 long and 200 wide, 17 pairs of dorsal setae and two pairs of sub-lateral setae: j1 25, j3 43, j4 10, j5 10, j6 10, J2 10, J5 10, z2 30, z4 40, z5 5, Z1 13, Z4 63, Z5 78, s4 55 , S2 50 , S4 12 , S5 12 , r3 34, R1 22. All setae smooth. Peritreme extending to j1 ( Fig. 17 ). FIGURES 17–21. Transeius audeae n. sp. , female. 17. Dorsal shield; 18. Ventral idiosoma; 19. Tibia and basitarsus IV; 20. Chelicera; 21. Spermatheca. Venter ( Fig. 18 ) . Sternal and genital shields smooth, ventri-anal shield reticulated. Sternal shield with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures; one pair of sternal setae on small metasternal plate and with a pair of lyrifissures; posterior margin slightly concave. Distances between ST1 – ST3 63, ST2 – ST2 72, ST5–ST5 72. Two pairs of metapodal plates 25 long, 6 wide for the largest and 18 long and 2 wide for the smallest. Ventri-anal shield with three pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1 , JV2 , and ZV2 , and one pair pre-anal pores present. Membrane surrounding ventri-anal shield with four pairs of setae ZV1 , ZV3 , JV4 and JV5 ; square ventri-anal shield 118 long, 100 wide at anterior corners, and 100 wide at level of anus. JV5 67. A pair of lyrifissures near JV5 . Legs ( Fig. 19 ) . Leg IV with three macrosetae on genu, Ge IV 47, tibia, STI IV 35 and basitarsus, ST IV 70. Length of leg I: 340, II: 250, III: 250, IV: 355. Chaetotactic formula of Ge II: eight setae; 1 2/1, 2/1 1 and Ge III: seven setae, 1 2/2, 2/0 1. Chelicera ( Fig. 20 ) . Fixed digit 37 long with two teeth; and movable digit 34 long with one tooth. Pilus dentilis visible. Spermatheca ( Fig. 21 ) . Pocular tubular ( Denmark et al ., 1999), with a cervix elongate 20 long and 6 wide, with a neck at the basis of the cervix and visible minor and major ducts. Remarks . Transeius audeae ressemble to T . fragilis (Kolodochka & Bodarenko) but S2 length is 36 µm for this latter species and 50 µm in T . audeae . The shapes of the spermatheca and of the ventri-anal shield are also totally different. It also resembles T . soniae Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira but differs largely in the length of s4 , S2 , Z5 ( T . soniae : s4 = 90, S2 = 63, Z5 = 99; T . audeae : s4 = 55, S2 = 50 and Z5 = 78) and in the shape of the spermatheca and ventri-anal shield. It also looks like T . sosninae (Wainstein) but differs in the length of S2 ( 32 in T . sosninae and 50 in T . audeae ), and the shapes of spermatheca and ventri-anal shields are totally different. It finally resembles to T . avetianae (Arutunjan & Ohandjanian) which is the closest species but again measurements of s4 , S2 and Z5 are very different (T. avetianae : s4 = 63, S2 = 60, Z5 = 85; T . audeae : s4 = 55, S2 = 50 and Z5 = 78). Furthermore, shapes of spermatheca and ventri-anal shield are very different and pores are more close to JV2 (so more central than lateral) in T . avetianae than in the new species. This species was so different and was found in a so specific location and on a specific plant without any other Transeius species that it was decided to describe it, despite the fact that we have only one female. It cannot constitute a variant of an already known and described species. Etymology . The name “ audeae ” refers to the daughter of Serge Kreiter, Aude Kreiter.