Typhloseiulus Chant & McMurtry, 1994

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

Genus Typhloseiulus Chant & McMurtry

Typhloseiulus Chant & McMurtry 1994: 246 .

Typhloseiulus eleonorae (Ragusa & Swirski)

Seiulus eleonorae Ragusa & Swirski 1981: 269 ; Moraes et al. 1986: 231.

Typhlodromus eleonorae, Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1983: 1150 .

Typhloseiulus eleonorae, Chant & McMurtry 1994: 247 , 2007: 145 ; Moraes et al. 2004a: 374.

World distribution — France, Italy, and Morocco.

Previous records from Morocco — The first report of this species was observed by Tixier et al. (2016). Specimens were collected near Larache on Quercus suber L. ( Fagaceae ), Knautia purpurea Vill. ( Caprifoliaceae ), Road to Souk El Arba on Quercus suber L. ( Fagaceae ), Daphne gnidium L. ( Thymelaeaceae ).

Specimens examined — 5 ♀♀ and 3 ♀♀ were collected on citrus leaves, at Saouda and Taoufiqui 1 domains, respectively in July 2017.

Remarks — The measurements of adult females collected agree with those provided by Ferragut (2018) from Spain.