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
Eharius chergui
(Athias-Henriot, 1960)
Amblyseius chergui
Athias-Henriot, 1960a: 289
.
Typhlodromus chergui
.—Hirschmann, 1962: 19.
Amblyseius
(
Kampimodromus
)
chergui
.—Wainstein, 1962: 14.
Eharius
(
Eharius
)
chergui
.—Kolodochka, 1995: 84.
Eharius chergui
.—Moraes
et al
., 2004: 58.
This species was described from
Algeria
on
Marrubium vulgare
. It has mainly been observed in the Mediterranean basin. It was already reported from
Morocco
by Tixier
et al
. (2003) on
Marrubium vulgare
. This species has been mainly found on plant species of the family
Lamiaceae
. Nothing is known of its biology.
Specimens examined: 2002, Oum Er Biaroad
on
Calamentha
sp. (
Lamiaceae
) (
23 females
),
Beni Melal
on an unknown plant (
1 female
);
2003, Abjelil
on
Centaurea pungens
(Asteraceae)
(
2 females
),
Gorges of Zegzel
on
Marrubium vulgare
(Lamiaceae)
(
7 females
),
Ras El Ma
on
Marrubium vulgare
(Lamiaceae)
(
1 female
),
Cydonia oblonga
(Rosaceae)
(
1 female
),
Oued Nja
on
Marrubium vulgare
(Lamiaceae)
(
4 females
,
3 males
).
Previous records:
Algeria
,
Israel
,
Morocco
,
USA
.