Neoseiulus alpinus (Schweizer)

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 : 694

Neoseiulus alpinus (Schweizer)

Amblyseius obtusus var. alpinus Schweizer 1922: 41 .

Amblyseius alpinus Schweizer 1949: 79 .

Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius) alpinus, Chant 1959: 105 .

Typhlodromus ( Typhlodromus) alpinus, Westerboer & Bernhard 1963: 651 .

Typhlodromips alpinus, Moraes et al. 1986: 136 .

Amblyseius ( Neoseiulus) alpinus, Karg 1993: 189 .

Neoseiulus alpinus, Evans 1987: 1461 ; Moraes et al. 2004a: 100 ; Chant & McMurtry 2003: 37, 2007: 25.

Neoseiulus polonicus ( Willmann 1949) : 117 (Synonymy according to Evans 1987).

Neoseiulus aurescens ( Athias-Henriot 1961) : 441 (Synonymy according to Evans 1987). Neoseiulus polyporus Wainstein 1962: 143 (Synonymy according to Evans 1987).

World distribution — Algeria, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and USA ( Arizona, California, and Washington).

Previous records from Morocco — This species has been reported for the first time by Tixier et al. (2016), one specimen was collected on Echium vulgare L. ( Boraginaceae ) in Larache Beach.

Specimens examined — 2 ♀♀ on Solanum nigrum L. ( Solanaceae ) in July 25, 2018 at Taoufiqui 1 domain; 1 ♀ and 2 ♀♀ on the same previous host plant respectively in September 2017 and 2018.

Remarks — Measurements and description of the adult females agree with those provided by Athias-Henriot (1961) and Chant and McMurtry (2003 a). This species is considered a synonym of Neoseiulus aurescens (Athias-Henriot) in Chant and McMurtry (2003 a). It is essentially recorded from Europe and it is observed rarely in crops, sometimes in vineyards and apple orchards ( Kreiter et al. 2000 ; Tixier et al. 2013).