Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) phialatus Athias-Henriot, 1960

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 : 525

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) phialatus Athias-Henriot, 1960 b

Typhlodromus phialatus Athias-Henriot, 1960b: 100 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) phialatus .—Moraes et al., 2004: 366; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 157.

This species is mainly known from the Western Palearctic region and is very common in the Mediterranean basin. It has been reported from many plants and some orchards such as vineyards, apple, almond, pear but essentially on citrus (Ferragut et al., 1983; Kreiter & Brian, 1987; Papaioannou-Souliotis et al., 1994; Espinha et al., 1995; Sahraoui et al., 2012). Some studies have been carried out on the biology of this species (Hussein, 1987; Meszaros et al., 2007) and some publications reported that it can limit the development of mite pests in citrus orchards. This species was already reported from Morocco by McMurtry & Bounfour (1989) on citrus, weeds and Argania spinosa .

Specimens examined: 2002, Damon Oum Er Bia River on Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae) (1 female); 2003, near Larache on Erica arborea (Ericaceae) (8 females, 3 males), Acacia dealbata (Fabaceae) (2 females), Calycotome villosa (Fabaceae) (9 females, 6 males), Daphne gnidium (Thymelaeaceae) (5 females), Knautia purpurea (2 females) ( Caprifoliaceae ), Spartel Cape on Quercus ilex (Fagaceae) (4 females, 3 males), Vinca major (Apocynaceae) (1 female), Road to Souk El Arba on Cistus libanotis (Cistaceae) (6 females).

Previous records: Algeria, Canary Islands (Ferragut & Pena-Estevez, 2003), Cyprus, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Madeira islands, Moldova, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Serbia- Montenegro, Spain, Tunisia, Ukraine.