Raphignathoidea

Raphignathoidea; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Superorder:	Acariformes
Order:	Trombidiformes
Section:
Superfamily:	Raphignathoidea; Kramer, 1877
Families
	11; see text

The Raphignathoidea is a superfamily of the Acari (mite) Order Trombidiformes. It contains many predators of small invertebrates, while some are herbivores and others parasites.^[1]

The predatory Raphignathoidea are of some commercial importance, as many are suitable for biological pest control. They are bred and released to control such plant pests as gall mites (Eriophyidae), spider mites (Tetranychidae) or scale insects (Coccoidea) in agriculture and forestry.^[1] in the new family are highly specialised parasites living beneath the elytra of aquatic beetles (Dytiscidae).^[2]

This is a diverse and widespread group of mites. With about 62 genera and some 877 species,^[3] Raphignathoidea mites are abundant on most continents, including a few that have colonized Antarctica. The lineage dates back at least to the Paleocene–Eocene boundary, about 56 million years ago.^[1]

Families[]

Robaux, 1975
Grandjean, 1944
Camerobiidae Southcott, 1957
Oudemans, 1902
Walter & Gerson, 1998
Hajiqanbar & Lindquist, 2018
Willmann, 1952
Wood, 1970
Gerson & Walter, 1998
Kramer, 1877
Stigmaeidae Oudemans, 1931
Xenocaligonellididae Gonzalez, 1978

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Qing-Hai Fan & Zhi-Qiang Zhang (2005). Fauna of New Zealand Number 52 Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). . ISBN 0-478-09371-3.
^ Mortazavi et al. (2018) A new family of mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Raphignathina), highly specialized subelytral parasites of dytiscid water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184 (3): 695–749. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx113
^ Zhi-Qiang Zhang; Qing-Hai Fan; Vladimir Pesic; Harry Smit; Andre V. Bochkov; A. A. Khaustov; Anne Baker; Andreas Wohltmann; Tinghuan Wen; James W. Amrine; P. Beron; Jianzhen Lin; Grzegorz Gabrys; Robert Husband. "Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909" (PDF). In Z.-Q. Zhang (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148. pp. 129–138. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.

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[f+z2005-1] Qing-Hai Fan & Zhi-Qiang Zhang (2005). Fauna of New Zealand Number 52 Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). . ISBN 0-478-09371-3.

[2] Mortazavi et al. (2018) A new family of mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Raphignathina), highly specialized subelytral parasites of dytiscid water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184 (3): 695–749. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx113

[Zhang-3] Zhi-Qiang Zhang; Qing-Hai Fan; Vladimir Pesic; Harry Smit; Andre V. Bochkov; A. A. Khaustov; Anne Baker; Andreas Wohltmann; Tinghuan Wen; James W. Amrine; P. Beron; Jianzhen Lin; Grzegorz Gabrys; Robert Husband. "Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909" (PDF). In Z.-Q. Zhang (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148. pp. 129–138. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.

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