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Cheyletidae

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Description

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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyletidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6074	https://www.gbif.org/species/6074
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	271482	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=271482

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Prostigmata : Cheyletidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Acariformes : Cheyletidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
-	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
-	Prosomapoda	Lamsdell 2013
class	Xiphosura
order	Xiphosurida	Latreille 1802
-	Planaterga	Lamsdell 2013
-	Dekatriata	Lamsdell 2013
-	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
-	Poecilophysidea	Pepato et al. 2010
order	Acariformes
suborder	Trombidiformes	Reuter 1909
infraorder	Prostigmata
-	Eleutherengonides	Oudemans 1909
-	Raphignathina	Kethley 1982
superfamily	Cheyletoidea	Leach 1815
family	Cheyletidae	Leach 1815

Scientific Name

Cheyletidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cheyletidae	family	belongs to Cheyletoidea	stated with evidence	Dunlop et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Arachnida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arachnida)

Vision

limited (based on Xiphosurida)

Diet

carnivore (based on Xiphosura)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Arachnida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. A. Dunlop, D. Penney, and D. Jekel. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In N. Platnick (ed.), The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History

Common Name(s)

Raubmilben, Predatory Mites, Quill Mites

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyletidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acaropsella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acaropsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthribicheyla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bak genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bakericheyla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caudacheles genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chelacheles genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletogenes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletomimus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletominus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletomorpha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletonella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletophyes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheletosoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheyletia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheyletiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheyletonella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheyletus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Criokeron genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucheyletia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucheyletus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gallacheles genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Grallacheles genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hemicheyletia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hypopicheyla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lanceacheyla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mexecheles genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neocheyletiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ornithocheyletia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oudemansicheyla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracaropsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Teinocheylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thewkachela genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1815	Cheyletidae Leach
2013	Cheyletidae Dunlop et al. p. 82

References

Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History

Krantz, G. W., and D. E. Walter, eds., 2009: null. A Manual of Acarology, 3rd Edition. viii+807. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Zhang, Z.-Q. & al. (2011) Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 129-138 - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Boström, S. & al. (1997) Characterization of the mite fauna (Acari) in Swedish barn dust. International Journal of Acarology 23: 127-132 - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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