Cheirolepidoptus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mites}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Taxobox

| fossil_range = Triassic

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Arachnida

| subclassis = Acari

| superfamilia = Tetrapodili

| genus = Cheirolepidoptus

| genus_authority = Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014

| species = C. dolomiticus

| binomial = Cheirolepidoptus dolomiticus

| binomial_authority = Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014

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Cheirolepidoptus is a genus of extinct mite found in Italy. It was classified in 2014.{{cite journal |author1=Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk |author2=Alexander R. Schmidt |author3=Eugenio Ragazzi |author4=Guido Roghi |author5=Evert E. Lindquist |title=Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |year=2015 |volume=13 |issue= 2|pages= 129–151|doi=10.1080/14772019.2013.867373|bibcode=2015JSPal..13..129S |s2cid=85055941 }}{{Cite web |url=http://zoobank.org/References/279BE1F3-8667-48D9-BEE8-F7F22C5DEF7D |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806053508/http://zoobank.org/References/279BE1F3-8667-48D9-BEE8-F7F22C5DEF7D |url-status=dead }} It was found in amber from northern Italy, dating to the Triassic period.