Cheyletides [1] , or predatory ticks [2] ( lat. Cheyletidae ) - a family of ticks from the superorder Acariformes ( Prostigmata ).
| Chayletides |
Cheyletiella sp. |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squadron : | Acariform ticks |
| Infrastructure : | Eleutherengona |
| Hypot squad : | Raphignathina |
| Superfamily : | Cheyletoidea |
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| International scientific name |
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Cheyletidae Leach , 1815 |
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Small ticks with a length of 0.2 to 1.6 mm with a flattened body yellowish, fawn, orange or brown. The body consists of a gnatosome by the oral appendages and an idiosome with 4 pairs of walking limbs. The legs of most representatives are slender. Sexual dimorphism is well expressed.
They live in the burrows of mammals, nests of birds, in the passages of bark beetles, in anthills, parasitize on the skin of birds and mammals, causing cheilitiellosis . Eyeless.
Haleytid females are oviparous. Eggs are laid individually or in piles.
Predatory cheyletids prey on live ticks of other groups.
