Amblyseius italicus (Chant)

ZahidiK, Abdelaziz, Akchour, Abdellah, K, Serge Kreiter, TixierK, Marie-Stéphane, MsandaK, Fouad & MousadikK, Abdelhamid El, 2023, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 691-724 : 700

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24349/v5of-5oe1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10786311
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AACD08-FF8E-FFDC-FE3A-FBD7FAC0F9A5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Amblyseius italicus (Chant)
status

Treatment

Amblyseius italicus (Chant) View in CoL

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) italicus Chant 1959: 70 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseialus) italicus, Muma 1961: 287 View in CoL .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) italicus, Wainstein 1962: 15 View in CoL .

Amblyseius (Multiseius) italicus View in CoL , Denmark & Muma 1989: 82.

Amblyseius italicus, Chant 1959: 70 View in CoL ; Athias-Henriot 1966 ; Moraes et al. 1986: 16, 2004a: 31 ; Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 193, 2007: 78.

World distribution — Italy, Kenya, and Morocco.

Previous records from Morocco — This species was reported by McMurtry and Bounfour (1989) in El Jadida, 2 ♀♀ on cucumber ( Cucurbitaceae ) leaves in greenhouse.

Specimens examined — 3 ♀♀ on Cupressus sp. L. ( Cupressaceae ) used as windbreaks at Nour orchard (Ouled Teima) in September 2018 ; 1 ♀ collected on citrus leaves at Stah Al Madina domain in September 2018.

Remarks — The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by McMurtry and Bounfour (1989) for specimens from Morocco.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Phytoseiidae
Genus	Amblyseius