Raphignathoidea

A superfamily of a dozen families in the suborder Prostigmata. They contain about 800 mostly predatory species, of which a few are biological control agents, placed in the family Stigmaeidae. Most species reproduce by arrhenotoky.

Reference

Dogan, S. 2007. Checklist of raphignathoid mites (Acari: Raphignathoidea) of Turkey. Zootaxa 1454: 1–26.

Fan, Q.-H. and Zhang, Z.-Q. 2005. Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Fauna of New Zealand 52: 5-400.

Meyer, M.K.P. and Ueckermann, E.A. 1989. African Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Entomology Memoir.Department of Agricutlure and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, 74: 1–58.