Cheyletidae

Cheyletidae
Cheyletidae
Cheyletiella sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Superfamily: Cheyletoidea
Family: Cheyletidae
Leach, 1815
Genera include
  • Cheyletiella
  • Cheyletus
  • Cheletophyes
  • Eucheyletia
  • Hypopicheyla
  • Lanceacheyla[1]
  • Nodele
Diversity
c. 80 genera, > 500 species

Cheyletidae is a family of mites in the Trombidiformes. Some members are associated with parasitism in birds and mammals, for example causing Cheyletiellosis, also called "walking dandruff". Others are free-ranging predators in soil, forest litter, under tree bark and on foliage, in nests of a diverse range of animals, and in house dust.[2]

References

  1. ^ Xia, B., Klompen, H., & Childers, C.C. (2011). "A new genus and species of Cheyletidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) from citrus trees in Florida." Zootaxa 2796: 29-36.
  2. ^ UMMZ: Family Cheyletidae Leach, 1815

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