A contribution to the knowledge of cheyletid mites of Iran with redescription of Eucheyletia flabellifera (Michael, 1878) (Prostigmata: Cheyletidae) Author Salarzehi, Safoura Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Author Hajizadeh, Jalil Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Author Hakimitabar, Masoud Department of plant protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran. Author Ueckermann, Edward A. School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus & Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. text Acarologia 2018 2018-03-22 58 2 457 470 http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184253 journal article 10.24349/acarologia/20184253 2107-7207 5757887 C7A331FC-208D-433F-BC3B-EAB748D7E1FA Cheyletus carnifex Zachvatkin, 1935 Material examined — Forty five females , stored rice and decayed rice bran; 1 female , poultry waste; 3 females , pine shells; 1 female , box leaf; 1 female , bran and dust of rice warehouse; 1 female , rotten wood, Rasht ( 37°17′0″N , 49°35′0″E , alt. - 7 m ), 22 July 2016 , 3 September 2016, 3 July 2016 , 18 May 2016 , 22 October 2016 , 9 June 2016 ; 22 females , stored rice and decayed rice bran; 12 females , rotten wood, 6 females , decayed plant material, Sangar ( 37°10′42″N , 49°41′38″E , alt. 31 m ), 9 June 2016 ; 1 female , decayed plant material, Loolman ( 37°04′23″N , 49°54′13″E , alt. 0 m), 15 June 2016 ; 1 female , rotten wood; 20 females , stored rice and decayed rice bran, 9 June 2016 , Kuchesfahan ( 37° 28′ 11″N , 49°77′32″E, alt. 0 m), 15 June 2016 , 2 August 2015 , 29 February 2017 ; 1 female , citrus leaf; 1 female , pigeon waste, Lashtnesha ( 37°36′44″N , 49°85′78″E, alt. 24 m ), 22 July 2016 , 17 November 2016 ; 1 female , soil, Astane-ye-Ashrafiyeh ( 37°15′54″N , 49°56′40″E , alt. - 2 m ), 6 November 2016 ; 1 female stored rice and decayed rice bran, Anzali ( 37°28′N , 49°280′E, alt. - 36 m ), 27 October 2016 ; 1 female , Turkey waste, Shaft ( 37°9′24″N , 49°24′26″E , alt. 47 m ), 4 July 2016 ; 1 female , stored rice and decayed rice bran, Sowme’e-Sara ( 37°18′0″N , 49°18′0″E , alt. 20 m ), 22 November 2016; 1 female , stored rice and decayed rice bran, Chaboksar ( 36°58′0″N , 50°35′0″E , alt. 216 m ), 29 September 2015 , collected by S. Salarzehi. World Distribution — Holarctic: Tajikistan , Mongolia , Ukraine , Uzbekistan , Kirghizia ( Zachvatkin, 1935 ; Fain and Bochkov, 2001b ); Czech Republic , USA ( Hughes, 1976 ); Iran , ( Faraji and Kamali, 1993 ).