Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank, 1781)

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

Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank, 1781)

Material examined — Forty females, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 1 female, decayed plant material; 1 female, rotten fig fruit; 1 female, maize flour; 2 females, rotten wood, Rasht (37°17′0″N, 49°35′0″E, alt. - 7 m), 19 May 2016, 29 August 2016, 3 November 2016, 5

March 2017; 12 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 4 females, rotten wood, Sangar (37°10′42″N, 49°41′38″E, alt. 31 m), 9 June 2016, 4 August 2016; 4 females, manure, Kuchesfahan (37°28′11″N, 49°77′32″E, alt. 0 m), 15 June 2016; 5 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Loolman (37°04′23″N, 49°54′13″E, alt. 2300 m), 15 June 2016;

3 females, soil of citrus garden, Emamzadeh Hashem (37°01′27″N, 49°37′32″E, alt. 115

m), 10 August 2016; 1 female, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 1 female, poultry waste, Shaft (37°9′24″N, 49°24′26″E, alt. 47 m), 10 August 2015, 4 July 2016; 1 female, soil, Astane-ye-Ashrafiyeh (37°15′54″N, 49°56′40″E, alt. - 2 m), 6 November 2016; 1 female,

manure, Lashtnesha (37°36′44″N, 49°85′78″E, alt. 24 m), 22 July 2016; 1 female, garden soil,

Lahijan (37°12′0″N, 50°0′0″E, alt. 2 m), 22 November 2016, collected by S. Salarzehi. Six females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Sowme’e-Sara (37°18′0″N, 49°18′0″E, alt. 20 m);

6 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Masal (37°21′47″N, 49°7′58″E, alt. 44 m), 1 female, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Anzali (37°28′N, 49°280′E, alt. - 36 m), (Noei, 2007).

World Distribution — England ( Griffiths, 1960); Canada ( Liscombe and Watters, 1962); Japan ( Sinha, 1968); Afrotropical ( Fain, 1979); Taiwan ( Tseng, 1979); Croatia ( Pagliarini,

1979); China ( Lung-Shut, 1984); Iran ( Mosaddegh, 1997).