Cheyletus carnifex Zachvatkin, 1935

Ardeshir, Fariba, 2017, Cheyletid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) in stored grains in Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (1), pp. 11-24 : 14

Cheyletus carnifex Zachvatkin, 1935

World Distribution – Holarctic: Tadjikistan, Mongolia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia ( Zachvatkin 1935; Fain and Bochkov 2001); Egypt (Zaher and Soliman 1967); Czech, USA ( Hughes 1976).

Distribution in Iran – Mazandaran (Faraji 1993); Fars ( Ostovan 1993); E. Azarbijan; ( Mirfakhraii 1994); Guilan ( Hajizadeh et al. 2011); Alborz ( Seiedy et al. 2012).

Material examined – Alborz province (Karaj), 2005-2006 (flour-mills: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff). Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari (Shahr-e Kord), 2006-2007 (flour-mill: dust) . Guilan province (Rasht and Rudsar), 2006-2007 (rice-mill, barn: rice, paddy, brass scrap). Golestan province (Gonbad-e Kavus, Gorgan and Galikesh), 2005-2006 (Silos and flour-mill: broken wheat and dust); (Gorgan, Gonbad-e Kavus), 2006-2007 (flour-mill and animal food factory: grain). Khorasan-e Razavi and Soud Khorasan provinces (Mashhad, Fariman and Birjand), 2005-2006 (silos: grain and broken wheat) . Khuzestan province (Ahvaz), 2006-2007 (flour-mill: grain). Mazandaran province (Sari, Nur, Mahmoud Abad, Tenekabon, Babol and Ghaemshahr), 2006-2007 (flour-mill and ricemills: broken wheat, bran, brass scarp and paddy). Tehran province (Tehran and Varamin), 2005- 2006 (silo, mills and flour-mill: grain, broken wheat, dust and chaff) and West Azarbijan province (Uromia, Shahin Dezh , Sardasht and Mako ) 2005-2006 (silo and flour-mills: grain, dust and chaff) .

Remarks – This species is very abundant in Iran and both sexes can easily collect from different provinces.