Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (Shaw, 1794)

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 : 464

Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (Shaw, 1794)

Material examined — Nine females, stored rice and decayed rice bran; 3 females, raspberry leaf; 2 females, soil; 2 females, manure; 1 female, poultry waste; 1 female, leaf of grape, Rasht (37°17′0″N, 49°35′0″E, alt. - 7 m), 27 May. 2016, 28 October 2016, 23 September 2016, 9

November 2016; 2 females, decayed plant material, Sangar (37°10′42″N, 49°41′38″E, alt. 31

m), 9 June. 2016; 2 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Koochesfahan (37°28′11″N, 49°77′32″E, alt. 0 m), 15 June 2016; 1 female, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Khomam (37°23′21″N, 49°39′30″E, alt. - 17 m), 30 October. 2016; 1 female, manure, Lashtnesha

(37°36′44″N, 49°85′78″E, alt. 24 m), 16 November 2016; 1 female, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Shaft (37°9′24″N, 49°24′26″E, alt. 47 m), 4 July. 2016; 1 female, citrus leaf; 1 female, cedar leaf, Lahijan (37°12′0″N, 50°0′0″E, alt. 2 m), 1 December 2016, 16 October 2016;

1 female, bran and dust of rice warehouse, Emamzadeh Hashem (37°01′27″N, 49°37′32″E, alt.

115 m), 3 November 2016; 2 females, soil, Astane-ye-Ashrafiyeh (37°15′54″N, 49°56′40″E,

alt. - 2 m), 6 November 2016; 1 female, bran and dust of rice warehouse; 1 female, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Anzali (37°28′N, 49°280′E, alt. - 36 m), 27 October 2016, collected by S. Salarzehi ; 2 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Sowme’e-Sara (37°18′0″N, 49°18′0″E,

alt. 20 m); 14 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Masal (37°21′47″N, 49°7′58″E, alt.

44 m); 4 females, stored rice and decayed rice bran, Roudsar (37°8′0″N, 50°17′0″E, alt. -19

m), (Noei, 2007).

World Distribution — Cosmopolitan ( Volgin, 1987; Summers and Price 1970).