Amblyseius graminis Chant, 1956: 34
Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) graminis
Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Morocco: new records, descriptions of five new species, re-descriptions of two species, and key for identification
Tixier, Marie-Stephane
Allam, Latifa
Douin, Martial
Kreiter, Serge
Zootaxa
2016
4067
5
501
551
3H5SN
Chant, 1956
Chant
1956
[151,613,1340,1366]
Arachnida
Phytoseiidae
Graminaseius
Animalia
Mesostigmata
8
509
Arthropoda
species
graminis
Amblyseius graminisChant, 1956: 34. Typhlodromus( Amblyseius) graminis.—Chant, 1959: 89.
Amblyseius( Typhlodromus) graminis.—Muma, 1961: 287. Typhlodromus( Typhlodromus) graminis.—Westerboer & Bernhard, 1963: 636. Amblyseius( Amblyseius) graminis.—Wainstein, 1973: 178; Wainstein, 1975: 920; Wainstein, 1977: 1415; Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 132. Neoseiulus graminis.—Moraes et al., 1986: 81. Amblyseius graminis.—Moraes et al., 2004: 26. Graminaseius graminis.—Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 85. This species is distributed world-wide but mainly reported from Europe and North Africa. It is known from Algeriaand Tunisia(Kreiter et al., 2010). It has been collected on a great variety of plants including plum, pear, apple, citrus and horticultural crops (Ferragut et al., 1985; Minarro et al., 2002; Perez Otero et al., 2005; Kreiter et al., 2010; Sahraoui et al., 2012). Nothing is known of its biology. This species was already reported from Moroccoby McMurtry & Bounfour (1989). A total of 249 specimenswas collected in the present survey, mainly on the Atlantic Ocean coast and on herbaceous plants. Specimens examined: 2002, Aïoun Asserdoun Springon Punica granatum(Lythraceae)( 1 female), Bouazzaon Carlina racemosa(Asteraceae)( 7 females, 3 males), Eryngium maritimum(Apiaceae)( 1 female), Centaurea sphaerocephala(Asteraceae)( 15 females, 3 males), Scolymus maculatus(Asteraceae)( 5 females), Emex spinosa(Polygonaceae)( 4 females), Euphorbia pithyusa(Euphorbiaceae)( 3 females), Medicago marina(Fabaceae)( 5 females), Gorges of Dadès, Aït Arbion Menthasp. ( Lamiaceae) ( 10 females, 4 males), Road from El Jadidato Casablancaon Solananum sodomeum(Solonaceae)( 4 females), Rhussp. ( Anacardiaceae) ( 1 female), Echium humile(Boraginaceae)( 8 females, 4 males), Oum Er Biaroadon Convolvulus altheoides(Convolvulaceae)( 7 females), Calamenthasp. ( Lamiaceae) ( 1 female), Road of Beni Mellal, 70 Kms of Kenifraon Centaureasp. ( Asteraceae) ( 7 females), Convolvulussp. ( Convolvulaceae) ( 1 female); 2003, near Laracheon Asphodelus fistulosus(Xanthorrhoeaceae)( 1 female), Spartel Capeon Lythrum tribracteatum(Lythraceae)( 2 females), Echium vulgare(Boraginaceae)( 4 females, 2 males), El Jadidaon Verbascum sinuatum(Scrophulariaceae)( 5 females, 3 males), Larache Beachon Lycium europaeum(Solanaceae)( 1 female), Lygos sphaerocarpa(Fabaceae)( 1 female), Pistacia lentiscus(Anacardiaceae)( 1 female), Solanum sodomaceum(Solanaceae)( 4 females, 2 males), Medicago marina(Fabaceae)( 4 females), Chenopodium album(Amaranthaceae)( 1 female), Andryalasp. ( Asteraceae) ( 2 females), Anthemis tinctoria(Asteraceae)( 9 females, 4 males), Cakile maritima(Brassicaceae)( 2 females), Conyza canadensis(Asteraceae)( 8 females, 3 males), Echium italicum(Boraginaceae)( 2 females), Echium vulgare(Boraginaceae)( 14 females), Erodium ciconium(Geraniaceae)( 3 females), Euphorbia peplus(Euphorbiaceae)( 2 females), Lycopersicum esculentum(Solanaceae)( 11 females, 5 males), Lythrum portula(Lythraceae)( 1 female), Malcolmia maritima(Brassicaceae)( 3 females), Otanthus maritimus(Asteraceae)( 2 females), Plantago maritima(Plantaginaceae)( 7 females), Polygonum maritimum(Polygonaceae)( 1 female), Richardia picuoides(Rubiaceae)( 2 females), Salsola kali(Amaranthaceae)( 4 females), Silene succulenta(Apiaceae)( 1 female), Trifolium boisseri(Fabaceae)( 2 females), Road of Tiz'n Tichkaon Malva parviflora(Malvaceae)( 1 female), Mazari Capeon Hypericumsp. ( Hypericaceae) ( 3 females), Echium vulgare(Boraginaceae)( 1 female), Guerbouss Moutain passon Convolvulus valentinus(Convolvulaceae)( 2 females), Gorges of Zegzelon Mentha pulegium( 1 female), Lavandula multifida(Lamiaceae)( 2 females), Izemmourenon Melissa officinalis( 2 females), Ajuga iva(Lamiaceae)( 1 female), Ras El Maon Cynoglossum creticum(Boraginaceae)( 1 female), Mentha suaveolens(Lamiaceae)( 1 female), Road to Souk El Arbaon Coleostephus myconis(Asteraceae)( 13 females, 5 males). Previous records: Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Canary Islands (Moraza & Pena, 2005), Chile(Ragusa & Vargas, 2002; Rioja & Vargas, 2009), Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran(Hajizadeh & Nazari, 2012), Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.