Cheyletidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Eleutherengona
Superfamilia: Cheyletoidea

Familia: Cheyletidae
Tribus: Acaropsellini - Bakini - Cheletogenini - Cheletosomatini - Chelonotini - Cheyletiini - Cheyletini - Cheyletini - Cheletomorphini - Criokerontini - Metacheyletiini - Niheliini - Ornithocheyletiini - Teinocheylini - incertae sedis
Overview of genera

Lanceacheyla – Oconnoricheylus –
Synonyms

Cheyletiellidae

References

Bochkov, A.V. 2004: Mites of the family Cheyletidae (Acaria: Prostigmata): phylogeny, distribution, evolution and analysis of parasite-host associations. Parazitologiâ, 38: 123–138. [in Russian] Abstract
Bochkov, A.V.; Fain, A. 2001: Phylogeny and system of the Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with special reference to their host-parasite associations. Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 71: 5–36. PDF
Bochkov, A.V.; OConnor, B.M. 2003: Two new species of the genus Cheyletus Latreille, 1796 (Acari: Cheyletidae) associated with Philippine vertebrates. International journal of acarology, 29: 327–330. DOI: 10.1080/01647950308684348
Bochkov, A.V.; Otto, J.C. 2010: Five new species of predaceous cheyletid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletidae). Zootaxa, 2727: 1–20. Preview
Bochkov, A.V., M. Hakimitabar & A. Saboori 2005: A review of the Iranian Cheyletidae (Acari Prostigmata). Belgian journal of entomology, 7: 99–109. PDF
Bochkov, A.V. & P.B. Klimov 2005: Three new species of the predaceous Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) phoretic on insects. Acarina, 13(1): 15–22. PDF
Fain, A.; Bochkov, A.V. 2002: A new genus and species of cheyletid mite (Acari: Cheyletidae) from a cave in Western Australia. International journal of acarology, 28: 37–40. DOI: 10.1080/01647950208684277 PDF
Fain, A. 2003: Two new species of Cheyletidae (Acari Prostigmata) of the genera Neoeucheyla Radford, 1950 and Granulocheyletus Fain & Bochkov, 2002. Bulletin de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie, 139(1-6): 97–101.
Fain, A. & A.V. Bochkov 2003: A new species of the genus Metacheyletia Fain, 1972 (Acari: Cheyletidae) parasitizing Serinus mozambicus (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) in Central Africa. International Journal of Acarology 29 (2): 119–121. Full article: [1].
Fuangarworn, M.; Lekprayoon, C. 2010: Two new species of cheyletid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 2494: 59–68. Preview
Gerson, U. 1994: The Australian Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata). Invertebrate taxonomy, 8: 435–447. DOI: 10.1071/IT9940435
Negm, M.W.; Mesbah, A.E. 2014: Review of the mite family Cheyletidae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Cheyletoidea) of Egypt. International journal of acarology 40(5): 390–396. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2014.930511 Reference page.
Volgin, V.I., 1987: Acarina of the family Cheyletidae of the World. Full article: [2],
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. Preview PDF
Yunker, C.E., 1961: The Genera Bak, New Genus, and Cheletomimus Oudemans, with Descriptions of Three New Species (Acarina: Cheyletidae). The Canadian Entomologist 93 (11): 1023–1035.

Cheyletidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. Some members are parasites of birds and mammals, causing cheyletiellosis, or "walking dandruff". Others are free-ranging predators which can be found in soil, forest litter, animal nests, and house dust, under tree bark, and on foliage.[2]
References

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.
UMMZ: Family Cheyletidae Leach, 1815