Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) ilicis 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 : 520-521

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6082053
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scientific name	Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) ilicis Athias-Henriot, 1960
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Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius) ilicis Athias-Henriot, 1960 View in CoL b

Typhlodromus ilicis Athias-Henriot, 1960b: 95 View in CoL .

Amblydromella ilicis .—Moraes et al. 1986: 164.

Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius) ilicis . — Moraes et al., 2004: 330.

This species is mainly reported from the Mediterranean basin on oaks. It was already known from Morocco, where it was found by McMurtry & Bonfour (1989) on Quercus sp. and by Tixier et al. (2003) on Quercus ilex . Among the 21 specimens collected in the present survey 15 were found on Quercus ilex and Q. coccifera . This suggests a quite narrow relationship between this species and plants of the genus Quercus . Nothing is known of its biology.

Specimens examined: 2002, Aïoun Asserdoun Spring on Quercus ilex (Fagaceae) ( 3 females), Azrou, Gouraud Cedar on Quercus ilex (Fagaceae) ( 3 females), Road of Beni Mellal, 70 Kms of Kenifra on Centaurea sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( 1 female); 2003, Babbou Idir on Quercus ilex (Fagaceae) ( 1 female), Mazari Cape on Quercus coccifera (Fagaceae) ( 2 females), Spartel Cape on Geranium molle (Geraniaceae) ( 1 female), Gorges of Zegzel on Quercus ilex (Fagaceae) ( 6 females).

Previous records: Algeria, France, Morocco.