Cheyletus eruditus (Shrank)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 46

Cheyletus eruditus (Shrank) *

Ex Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel): 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Sugarlands on US 441, 19 Dec. 2005, W.K. Reeves, L­3329

Cheyletus eruditus is a predatory mite that commonly occurs in house dust and stored food products. It can infest mammals and probably feeds on other small arthropods mainly in mammal fur and nests (Whitaker & Wilson 1974, Nutting 1985, McGarry 1989).