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Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans 1903

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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.

Notes

Published as part of Ardeshir, Fariba, 2017, Cheyletid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) in stored grains in Iran, pp. 11-24 in Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v6i1.14307, http://zenodo.org/record/4634035

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Oudemans
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Cheyletidae
Genus
Cheyletus
Species
malaccensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans, 1903 sec. Ardeshir, 2017

References

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  • Caceres, I. & Fain, A. (1977) Notes sur la faune acarologique des poussieres de maisons du Perou. Bulletin de L'institut Royal Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie, 114: 301 - 303.
  • Fain, A. (1971) Notes sur les Acariens des denrees alimentaires a Kinshasa (Republique Democratique du Congo). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 84: 175 - 183.
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