Typhloseiella isotricha (Athias-Henriot, 1958)

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 : 516

Typhloseiella isotricha (Athias-Henriot, 1958)

Seiulus isotrichus Athias-Henriot, 1958b: 37 .

Amblyseius isotrichus .—Athias-Henriot, 1960b: 163. Typhlodromus isotrichus .—Hirschmann, 1962: 17.

Athiaseius isotrichus .—Wainstein, 1962: 17.

Amblyseius (Typhloseiella) isotricha .—van der Merwe, 1968: 160. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) isotrichus .—Tseng, 1976: 107. Typhloseiella isotricha .—Moraes et al., 2004: 230.

This species is almost exclusively found on Dittrichia viscosa . Nothing is known of its biology. It was reported on the same plant from Morocco by Tixier et al. (2003). This paper also reports this species from the same plant suggesting a close relationship between this species and D. viscosa .

Specimens examined: 2002, Damon Oum Er Bia River on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (5 females), Oum Er Bia spring on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (8 females, 4 males); 2003, Guerbous Moutain Pass on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (18 females, 5 males), Gorges of Zegzel on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (1 female), Izemmouren on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (5 females, 4 males), Larache Beach on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (7 females, 3 males), Mazari Cape on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (2 females), Spartel Cape on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (7 females, 3 males), Road to Souk El Arba on Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) (1 female).

Previous records: Algeria, Canary Islands, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia.