Graminaseius graminis (Chant, 1956)

Graminaseius graminis (Chant, 1956) View in CoL

Amblyseius graminis Chant, 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 Algeria and 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 Morocco by McMurtry & Bounfour (1989). A total of 249 specimens was collected in the present survey, mainly on the Atlantic Ocean coast and on herbaceous plants.

Specimens examined: 2002, Aïoun Asserdoun Spring on Punica granatum (Lythraceae) ( 1 female), Bouazza on 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 Arbi on Mentha sp. ( Lamiaceae ) ( 10 females, 4 males), Road from El Jadida to Casablanca on Solananum sodomeum (Solonaceae) ( 4 females), Rhus sp. ( Anacardiaceae ) ( 1 female), Echium humile (Boraginaceae) ( 8 females, 4 males), Oum Er Biaroad on Convolvulus altheoides (Convolvulaceae) ( 7 females), Calamentha sp. ( Lamiaceae ) ( 1 female), Road of Beni Mellal, 70 Kms of Kenifra on Centaurea sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( 7 females), Convolvulus sp. ( Convolvulaceae ) ( 1 female); 2003, near Larache on Asphodelus fistulosus (Xanthorrhoeaceae) ( 1 female), Spartel Cape on Lythrum tribracteatum (Lythraceae) ( 2 females), Echium vulgare (Boraginaceae) ( 4 females, 2 males), El Jadida on Verbascum sinuatum (Scrophulariaceae) ( 5 females, 3 males), Larache Beach on 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), Andryala sp. ( 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 Tichka on Malva parviflora (Malvaceae) ( 1 female), Mazari Cape on Hypericum sp. ( Hypericaceae ) ( 3 females), Echium vulgare (Boraginaceae) ( 1 female), Guerbouss Moutain pass on Convolvulus valentinus (Convolvulaceae) ( 2 females), Gorges of Zegzel on Mentha pulegium ( 1 female), Lavandula multifida (Lamiaceae) ( 2 females), Izemmouren on Melissa officinalis ( 2 females), Ajuga iva (Lamiaceae) ( 1 female), Ras El Ma on Cynoglossum creticum (Boraginaceae) ( 1 female), Mentha suaveolens (Lamiaceae) ( 1 female), Road to Souk El Arba on 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.