Paragigagnathus tamaricis Amitai & Grinberg, 1971

Tixier, Marie-Stephane, Allam, Latifa, Douin, Martial & Kreiter, Serge, 2016, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Morocco: new records, descriptions of five new species, re-descriptions of two species, and key for identification, Zootaxa 4067 (5), pp. 501-551 : 515

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:902CB084-17BB-4952-B738-E6E4E989771B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6082031
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scientific name	Paragigagnathus tamaricis Amitai & Grinberg, 1971
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Paragigagnathus tamaricis Amitai & Grinberg, 1971 View in CoL

Paragigagnathus tamaricis Amitai & Grinberg, 1971: 327 View in CoL .

This species has seldom been reported in literature. It has been mainly reported on Tamarix View in CoL . This is the first report of this species from Morocco and in the Maghreb region. It was also collected in the present survey on Tamarix View in CoL , suggesting a narrow relationship between this species and this plant genus.

Specimens examined: 2002, Oasis of Zagora on Tetraclinis articulata (Cupressaceae) (4 females, 2 males), Damon Oum Er Bia River on Tamarix africana (Tamaricaceae) (1 female); 2003, Gorges of Zegzel on Tamarix communis (Tamaricaceae) (1 female).

Previous records: Iran, Israel, Jordan, Tunisia.