Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans, 1903

Salarzehi, Safoura, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Hakimitabar, Masoud & Ueckermann, Edward A., 2018, A contribution to the knowledge of cheyletid mites of Iran with redescription of Eucheyletia flabellifera (Michael, 1878) (Prostigmata: Cheyletidae), Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 457-470 : 466-467

Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans, 1903

Material examined — Thirty five females and 5 males, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 6 females, soil; 2 females, decayed plant material; 2 females, poultry waste; 5 females, rotten fruit of fig; 2 females, grape leaf; 2 females, box leaf; 1 female, citrus leaf; 1 female, purple leaf; 1 female, raspberry leaf; 6 females, rotten wood; 1 female, maize flour; 2 females, dust of the storehouse; 2 females, Rasht (37°17′0″N, 49°35′0″E, alt. - 7 m), 9 August 2015, 17

May 2016, 12 July 2016, 23 August 2016, 23 September 2016, 29 October 2016, 29 February

2017, 5 March 2017, 18 May 2017; 30 females and 2 males, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 12 females and 1 male, manure; 8 females, poultry waste; 3 females, pigeon waste; 12 females, rotten wood; 5 females, decayed plant material; 3 females, soil, Sangar (37°10′42″N, 49°41′38″E, alt. 31 m), 9 June 2016, 2 August 2016, 15 February 2017; 25 females and 3 males,

stored rice and decayed rice bran; 8 females, manure; 5 females, poultry waste; 7 females, rotten wood; 3 females, decayed plant material; 2 females, soil, Kuchesfahan (37°28′11″N, 49°77′32″E, alt. 0 m), 15 June 2016, 06 August 2016, 27 October 2016; 5 females, manure; 1

females, soil, Loolman (37°04′23″N, 49°54′13″E, alt. 0 m), 15 June 2016, 27 October 2016;

15 females and 1 male, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 3 females, soil; 2 females, citrus leaf; 5 females, manure; 1 female, poultry waste, Lashtnesha (37°36′44″N, 49°85′78″E, alt. 24 m),

22 July 2016, 12 June 2017; 2 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 1 female, decayed plant material, Khoshkebijar (37°28′11″N, 49°77′32″E, alt. - 28 m), 12 June 2017; 5 females,

stored rice and decayed rice bran; 2 females, manure, Khomam (37°23′21″N, 49°39′30″E, alt.

- 17 m), 2 June 2015, 30 October 2016, 1 December 2016; 40 females and 5 males, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 14 females and 2 males, manure, Fuman (37°13′48″N, 49°17′24″E, alt.

20 m), 23 May 2015; 8 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 1 female, poultry waste;

6 females, Turkey waste, shaft (37°9′24″N, 49°24′26″E, alt. 47 m), 3 July 2016 ; 6 females,

citrus leaf; 1 female, soil of garden; 1 female, poultry waste; 1 female, soil of oak tree; 3 females, chaff and dust of rice warehouse, Emamzadeh Hashem (37°01′27″N, 49°37′32″E,

alt. 115 m), 10 August 2016, 3 November 2016; 2 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Masal (37°21′47″N, 49°7′58″E, alt. 44 m), 3 March 2015; 1 female, decayed plant material, Hashtpar (37°42′14″N, 48°56′27″E, alt. 29 m), 21 February 2017; 1 female, soil, Rostamabad, (36°53′54″N, 49°29′26″E, alt. 400 m), 26 October 2016; 25 females and 6 males, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Lahijan (37°12′0″N, 50°0′0″E, alt. 2 m), 30 May 2015; 8 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, 1 female, manure, Anzali (37°28′N, 49°280′E, alt. - 36 m), 11 May 2015, 10 November 2016; 1 female, soil, Roudsar (37°8′0″N, 50°17′0″E, alt. - 19 m), 29 September 2015; 1 female, soil, Siahkal (37°9′10″N, 49°52′15″E, alt. 200 m), 25 June 2015;

30 females and 1 male, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Rezvanshahr (37°33′4″N, 49°8′22″E, alt. 15 m), 27 June 2015; 15 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 1 female, soil, Sowme’e-Sara (37°18′0″N, 49°18′0″E, alt. 20 m), 22 November 2016; 1 female, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 1 female, soil, Astane-ye-Ashrafiyeh (37°15′54″N, 49°56′40″E, alt. - 2 m), 15 November 2016; 3 females, soil of olive garden, Rudbar (36°48′26.5″N, 49°24′48.5″E, alt. 1050 m), 13 October 2016; 1 female, soil, Talesh (37°80′08″N, 48°90′30″E, alt. 50 m),

15 November 2016; 1 female, soil, Daylaman (36°88′83″N, 49°90′64″E alt. 2200 m) 25 June

2015, collected by S. Salarzehi.

World Distribution — Cosmopolitan ( Fain and Bochkov 2001b).