Neoseiulella Muma

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 : 707-708

Genus Neoseiulella Muma

Neoseiulella Muma 1961: 295 .

Neoseiulella litoralis (Swirski & Amitai)

Typhloctonus litoralis Swirski & Amitai 1984: 73-76 .

Neoseiulella (Typhloctona) litoralis , Denmark & Rather 1996: 71-72.

Neoseiulella litoralis, Swirski & Amitai 1997b: 37 ; Moraes et al. 2004a: 294 ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 147.

World distribution — Cape Verde, Greece, Israel, Morocco, and Spain.

Previous records from Morocco — This species was reported in Morocco and was mainly found near the Atlantic Ocean coast. Tixier et al. (2016) reported that this species was observed on several plants such as Carlina racemosa L. ( Asteraceae ), Emex spinosa L. ( Polygonaceae ), Eryngium maritimum L. ( Apiaceae ), Euphorbia pithyusa L. ( Euphorbiaceae ), and Medicago marina L. ( Fabaceae ).

Specimens examined — 2 ♀♀ on Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. ( Solanaceae ) at Saouda (Ouled Teima) in September 2018.

Remarks — The measurements of adult females collected agree with those provided by Kanouh et al. (2010) for specimens from France.