Paraseiulus talbii (Athias-Henriot)

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 : 706-707

Paraseiulus talbii (Athias-Henriot)

Typhlodromus talbii Athias-Henriot 1960b: 75 .

Typhlodromus (Neoseiulus) talbii, Ehara 1966 a: 17 .

Paraseiulus (Bawus) talbii, Wainstein, 1976: 699 .

Bawus talbii, Moraes et al. 1986: 180 ; Swirski & Amitai 1990: 117.

Seiulus talbii, Nicotina & Cioffi 1999: 11 .

Paraseiulus talbii, Abbasova 1972: 11 ; Moraes et al. 2004a: 301 ; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 143.

Paraseiulus subsoleiger, Wainstein 1962: 139 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982).

Paraseiulus tetramedius, Zaher & Shehata 1970: 117 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982).

Seiulus amaliae, Ragusa & Swirski 1976: 183 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982).

Paraseiulus ostiolatus, Athias-Henriot 1978: 699 (Synonymy according to Chant & Yoshida-Shaul 1982).

World distribution — Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.

Previous records from Morocco — This species has been reported for the first time by Tixier et al. (2016). It has been collected on Convolvulus althaeoides L. ( Convolvulaceae ) and Vinca major L. ( Apocynaceae ).

Specimens examined — 3 ♀♀ + 1 ♂ on citrus leaves in June 2017 at Ouled Abdellah orchard; 2 ♀♀ on Acacia spp. ( Fabaceae ) used as windbreaks at the same domain.

Remarks — The measurements of adult females collected agree with those provided by Chant and McMurtry (1994).