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 Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) Typhlodromus cucumeris Oudemans 1930: 69 . Amblyseius cucumeris , Athias-Henriot 1957a 336. Amblyseius ( Typhlodromopsis ) cucumeris , De Leon 1959 a . Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius) cucumeris , Chant 1959: 78 . Amblyseius ( Amblyseius ) cucumeris , Wainstein 1962 . Typhlodromus ( Typhlodromus ) cucumeris , Westerboer & Bernhard 1963 . Amblyseius ( Neoseiulus ) cucumeris , De Leon 1965: 23 . Neoseiulus cucumeris , Moraes et al. 1986: 76 , 2004a: 115 ; Chant & McMurtry 2003: 21 , 2007: 25 . Neoseiulus thripsi ( McGill 1939 ) : 310 (Synonymy according to Chant 1959 ). Neoseiulus bellinus ( Womersley 1954 ) : 177 (Synonymy according to Athias-Henriot 1960a ). World distribution — Algeria , Armenia , Australia , Austria , Azerbaijan, Azores, Belarus , Belgium , Canada , Canary Islands, Caucasus Region, Chile , Cyprus , Egypt , England , Finland , France , Georgia, Germany , Greece , Hungary , India , Iran , Israel , Italy , Latvia , Mexico , Moldova , Morocco , Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Tunisia , Turkey , Ukraine , and USA . Previous records from Morocco — This species has been reported in Morocco by McMurtry and Bounfour (1989) . In addition, some females were collected on Juncus articulatus L. ( Juncaceae ) at Larache, on Lavandula dentata L. ( Lamiaceae ) at Gorges of Zegzel ( Tixier et al. 2016 ). Specimens examined — 3 ♀♀ collected at Taoufiqui 1 domain on citrus leaves in June 2018 . Remarks — Measurements and description of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Beard (1999) and Schicha (1976) for specimens from Australia . This species is commercialised and used in greenhouses to control phytophagous mites and thrips ( Messelink et al. 2006 ). It seems able to control Tetranychus urticae Kock and Phytonemus pallidus (Banks) in field-grown strawberry ( Fitzgerald et al. 2008 ). It was also known to feed on tarsonemid mites (Tuovinen and Lindquist 2010), eggs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on vegetables (cucumber, sweet pepper, tomato) in laboratory conditions as reported by Kim et al. (2008) .