Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) moroccoensis

Kreiter, Serge, Douin, Martial & Tixier, Marie Stephane, 2021, New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Madeira Island, Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 217-240 : 230

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) moroccoensis Denmark

Typhlodromus moroccoensis Denmark 1992 a: 16 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) moroccoensis, Moraes et al. 2004: 366 , Chant & McMurtry

2007: 157, Tixier et al. 2010: 170, Ferragut & Ueckermann 2012: 1742, Tixier et al. 2016:

528.

Typhlodromus (T.) moroccoensis Denmark (reported once from Morocco on Prunus sp. ) ( Denmark 1992) is the only species with T. (T.) setubali within the sub­genus Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) bearing six setae on genu II. Nothing is known about the biology of this species. This is the first record of that species in Madeira Island.

World distribution: Morocco.

Specimens examined: a single specimen (1 ♀) collected during this study. Risco (1040 m aasl, 32°47 ′ 56 ″ N, 17°11 ′ 8 ″ W), 1 ♀ on Persea indica Sprengel (Lauraceae) , 23/V/2019.

Remarks: the measurements of the adult females collected ( Table 5) agree with those provided by Denmark (1992) for specimens from Morocco as reported by Tixier et al. (2016). Typhlodromus (T.) setubali and T. (T.) moroccoensis are morphologically close and Tixier et al. (2016) indicated that further analyses would be required to determine T if. (T.) moroccoensis is valid or synonym. But comparisons provided in tables 5 and 6, show some differences especially the number of teeth on the fixed digit and spermatheca shape.