Cheyletus eruditus (Shrank)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273680
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243937
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scientific name	Cheyletus eruditus (Shrank)
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Cheyletus eruditus (Shrank) *

Ex Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel): 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Sugarlands on US 441, 19 Dec. 2005, W.K. Reeves, L3329

Cheyletus eruditus is a predatory mite that commonly occurs in house dust and stored food products. It can infest mammals and probably feeds on other small arthropods mainly in mammal fur and nests (Whitaker & Wilson 1974, Nutting 1985, McGarry 1989).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Prostigmata
Family	Cheyletidae
Genus	Cheyletus

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