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Cheyletidae
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.
23 branches of this family, most-observed first
Cheyletus
genusCheyletus
Nodele
genusNodele
Caudacheles
genusCaudacheles
Cheletomimus
genusCheletomimus
Neocheyletiella
genusNeocheyletiella
Cheletogenes
genusCheletogenes
Oudemansicheyla
genusOudemansicheyla
Cheletomorpha
genusCheletomorpha
Chiapacheylus
genusChiapacheylus
Eucheyletia
genusEucheyletia
Eutogenes
genusEutogenes
Grallacheles
genusGrallacheles
Hemicheyletia
genusHemicheyletia
Hoffmannita
genusHoffmannita
Metacheyletia
genusMetacheyletia
Mexecheles
genusMexecheles
Granulocheyletus
genusGranulocheyletus
Cheletacarus
genusCheletacarus
Cheyletogenes
genusCheyletogenes
Cheyletophyes
genusCheyletophyes
Apodicheles
genusApodicheles
Hemicheyletus
genusHemicheyletus
Cheyletomorpha
genusCheyletomorpha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cheyletidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245074.