Neoseiulus umbraticus (Chant)

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 : 696-697

Neoseiulus umbraticus (Chant)

Typhlodromus umbraticus Chant, 1956: 26 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) umbraticus, Beglyarov 1958: 107 .

Amblyseius umbraticus, Athias-Henriot 1959: 138 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) umbraticus, Chant 1959: 75 .

Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) umbraticus, Muma 1961: 287 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) umbraticus, Wainstein & Vartapetov 1973: 103 .

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) umbraticus, Karg 1991: 23 .

Neoseiulus umbraticus, Moraes et al. 1986: 99 , 2004a: 149 ; Chant & McMurtry 2003 a: 23, 2007: 31.

World distribution — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Azores, Belarus, Caucasus region, Denmark,

England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Madeira Island,

Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,

Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and USA.

Previous records from Morocco — The first report of this species in Morocco has been published by Tixier et al. (2016). It was collected on many plants such as Echium spp. L. ( Boraginaceae ), Mentha pulegium L. ( Lamiaceae ), Dittrichia viscosa L. Greuter , ( Asteraceae ), Juncus articulatus L. ( Juncaceae ), and Lavandula dentata L. ( Lamiaceae ).

Specimens examined — 2 ♀♀ on Convolvulus althaeoides L. ( Convolvulaceae ) in July 2017 ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ on Solanum nigrum L. ( Solanaceae ) collected at Chbaika domain in July 2017.

Remarks — Measurements and description of adult females collected in this survey agree with those provided by Ferragut et al. (2010) for specimens from Spain and by Tixier et al. (2016) for specimens from Morocco. Few studies exist on its biology; it has the ability to develop feeding on T. urticae ( Kazak et al. 2002) and on Thrips tabaci Lindeman on leek ( Allium porrum L.) ( Alliaceae ) in laboratory conditions (Sengonca and Dresher 2001).