Eharius chergui (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 : 507-508

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6081993
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scientific name	Eharius chergui (Athias-Henriot, 1960)
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Eharius chergui (Athias-Henriot, 1960) View in CoL

Amblyseius chergui Athias-Henriot, 1960a: 289 .

Typhlodromus chergui .—Hirschmann, 1962: 19.

Amblyseius ( Kampimodromus) chergui .—Wainstein, 1962: 14. Eharius ( Eharius) chergui .—Kolodochka, 1995: 84. Eharius chergui .—Moraes et al., 2004: 58.

This species was described from Algeria on Marrubium vulgare . It has mainly been observed in the Mediterranean basin. It was already reported from Morocco by Tixier et al. (2003) on Marrubium vulgare . This species has been mainly found on plant species of the family Lamiaceae . Nothing is known of its biology.

Specimens examined: 2002, Oum Er Biaroad on Calamentha sp. ( Lamiaceae ) ( 23 females), Beni Melal on an unknown plant ( 1 female); 2003, Abjelil on Centaurea pungens (Asteraceae) ( 2 females), Gorges of Zegzel on Marrubium vulgare (Lamiaceae) ( 7 females), Ras El Ma on Marrubium vulgare (Lamiaceae) ( 1 female), Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae) ( 1 female), Oued Nja on Marrubium vulgare (Lamiaceae) ( 4 females, 3 males).

Previous records: Algeria, Israel, Morocco, USA.