cheyletoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of mites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cretaceous|present}}

| image = Cheyletiella Raubmilbe 2.jpg

| taxon = Cheyletoidea

| authority = Leach, 1815

| diversity_link =

| diversity =

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision =

• Cheyletidae
• Cloacaridae
• Demodecidae
• Harpyrhynchidae
• Myobiidae
• Ophioptidae
• Psorergatidae
• Syringophilidae

}}

Cheyletoidea is a superfamily of mites in the order Trombidiformes. They include parasites of other arthropods and vertebrates,{{cite book |author=D. S. Kettle |year=1984 |title=Medical and Veterinary Entomology |publisher=Croom Helm |isbn=9780856648397 |page=382}}{{cite book |author=Richard C. Russell, Domenico Otranto & Richard L. Wall |year=2013 |title=The Encyclopedia of Medical and Veterinary Entomology |publisher=CAB International |isbn=9781780640372 |chapter=Mites (Arachnida: Acari) |pages=209–242 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QfhF_wQSV4C&pg=PA209}} though some Cheyletidae are instead free-living predators.{{Cite web |title=Family Cheyletidae Leach, 1815 |url=http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/Species_Accounts/Cheyletidae.htm |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu}}