Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot 1957a: 347 Typhlodromus persimilis , Hirschmann 1962: 75 Phytoseiulus ( Phytoseiulus ) persimilis , Wainstein 1962: 17 Phytoseiulus persimilis , Chant 1959: 109 Moraes et al. 1986: 109 2004a: 169 Chant & McMurtry 2006: 20 2007: 53 Phytoseiulus riegeli Dosse, 1958: 48 Phytoseiulus tardi Lombardini, 1959: 166 Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Central West Morocco: new records and key to females of all recorded Moroccan species ZahidiK, Abdelaziz Akchour, Abdellah K, Serge Kreiter TixierK, Marie-Stéphane MsandaK, Fouad MousadikK, Abdelhamid El Acarologia 2023 2023-06-08 63 3 691 724 4HP6W Athias-Henriot Athias-Henriot 1957 [491,975,344,370] Arachnida Phytoseiidae Phytoseiulus Animalia Mesostigmata 7 698 Arthropoda species persimilis      Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot 1957a: 347.     Typhlodromus persimilis, Hirschmann 1962: 75.     Phytoseiulus( Phytoseiulus) persimilis, Wainstein 1962: 17.     Phytoseiulus persimilis, Chant 1959: 109;  Moraes et al.1986: 109,  2004a: 169;  Chant & McMurtry 2006: 20,  2007: 53.     Phytoseiulus riegeli Dosse, 1958: 48(Synonymy according to Kennett & Caltagirone 1968).   Phytoseiulus tardi Lombardini, 1959: 166(Synonymy according to Kennett & Caltagirone 1968).  World distribution— Algeria, Australia, Canada, Canary Islands, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lybia, Martinique, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Reunion Island, RodriguesIsland ( Mauritius), Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, USA, and Venezuela.   Previous records from Morocco— The presence of this species has been reported on wild plants and crops in various regions of Morocco by McMurtry and Bounfour (1989)and Tixier et al.(2003). It was observed on  Ricinus communisL. ( Euphorbiaceae),  Stachys ocymastum(L.) Briq. ( Lamiaceae),  Vicia benghalensisL. ( Fabaceae),  Solananum sodomeumL. ( Solanaceae), and  Malvaspp.( Malvaceae).  Specimens examined— 2 ♀♀on citrus leaves in June 2017; 4 ♀♀+ 2 ♂♂on  Malva parvifloraL. ( Malvaceae); 3 ♀♀on  Convolvulus althaeoidesL. ( Convolvulaceae) at Stah Al Madina. 4 ♀♀on the same previous substrate at Saouda in June 2017; 4 ♀♀and 1 ♂at Taoufiqui 1 domain in the same date. 4 ♀♀at Chbaika orchards on the same previous substrate in June and September 2018.   Remarks— Description and measurements of the adult females agree with those provided by Ferragut et al.(2010)for specimens from Spainand by Kreiter et al.(2018, 2020b) for specimens from Mauritius, La Réunionand various regions in the world. This species was mainly known from Mediterranean climates around the world ( Takahashi and Chant 1993; Kreiter et al.2010). It is one of the best-known phytoseiid species as specialist predator, since its use to control  T. urticaein greenhouses ( McMurtry and Croft 1997; Escudero and Ferragut 2004; McMurtry et al.2013).