Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans, 1903

Ardeshir, Fariba, 2017, Cheyletid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) in stored grains in Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (1), pp. 11-24 : 15

Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans, 1903

World Distribution – Cosmopolitan: Egypt ( Zaher and Soliman 1971); Peru ( Caceres and Fain 1977); Afrotropical ( Fain 1971, 1979); China ( Lung-Shut 1984); India ( Mathur and Mathur 1982); Pakistan ( Zaman 1990); Iraq ( Mahmood 1992); Greece ( Eliopoulos et al. 2000); Czech Republic ( Stejskal et al. 2003).

Distribution in Iran – Khuzestan ( Sepasgozarian 1978; Kamali 1990; Modaress Awal 1994); Fars ( Ostovan 1993), Guilan ( Hajizadeh et al. 2011), Alborz ( Seiedy et al. 2012).

Material examined – Alborz province (Karaj), 1997 (silo: grain); 1998 (silo: grain and dust); 2005–2006 (silo and flour-mills: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff). Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari (Shahr-e Kord), 2006–2007 (flour-mill: dust) . Isfahan province (Golpayegan and Kashan), 2005– 2006 (silos, barns and flour-mills: grain. Fars province (Shiraz), 2006–2007 (flour-mills: grain). Guilan province (Rasht, Sowméeh Sara, Rudsar), 2006–2007 (rice-mill, barn: rice, bran, paddy, brass scrap). Golestan province (Gorgan), 1997 (silo and flour-mills: grain and dust); 1998 (silo and flour-mills: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff); (Galikesh and Gonbad-e Kavus) 2005–2006 (silo and flour-mills: grain and chaff); (Gorgan, Gonbad-e Kovus, Minodasht, Bandar Torkaman and Agh Ghala), 2006–2007 (silo, barn, flour-mill and animal food factories: grain, chaff, dust, paddy and brass scrap, barley and maize). Khorasan-e Razavi and South Khorasan provinces (Mashhad, Neyshabur, Chenaran and Birjand), 2005–2006 (silos and flour-mill: grain, broken wheat and dust). Mazandaran province (Sari, Neka), 1996 (silo and barn: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff); 1997 (silo and flour-mills: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff); 1998 (silo, barn and flour-mills: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff); (Sari, Neka, Nur, Mahmoud Abad, Tenekabon, Babol and Ghaemshahr), 2006–2007 (rice-mills and flour-mills: rice, paddy, broken rice, bran, brass scrap, grain, barley, broken wheat, dust and chaff). Tehran province (Tehran and Varamin), 2005–2006 (silo, flour-mill and mills: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff) and West Azarbijan (Uromia, Khoy, Mahabad, Takab, Shahin Dezh, Sardasht, Mako, Poldasht and Miandoab), 2005–2006 (silos, flourmills: grain and chaff) .

Remarks – This species is very abundant in Iran and both sexes can easily collect from different provinces.