Systematic investigations on taxa of superfamily Raphignathoidea (Acari:Actinedida) of Afyonkarahisar province

In this study, it has been evaluated raphignathoid mite species collected from Afyonkarahisar province. Totally, it has been determined 54 species belonging to 5 families. Of these, Cryptognathus summersi, Cheylostigmaeus californicus, Molothrognathus terrulentus, Molothrognathus phytocolus, Raphignathus bathursti are new record for the Turkish fauna. Stigmaeus kumalariensis sp. nov., Stigmaeus dazkiriensis sp. nov., Stigmaeus devlethanensis sp. nov., Stigmaeus karabagiensis sp. nov., Neognathus ozkani sp. nov. are new to science. Cryptognathus lagena, Favognathus orbiculatus, Favognathus luxtoni, Favognathus amygdalus, Favognathus cucurbita, Neophyllobius yunusi, Neophyllobius sultanensis, Neophyllobius karabagiensis, Neophyllobius afyonensis, Neophyllobius podocarpi Neophyllobius populus, Neophyllobius bolvadinensis, Neophyllobius demirsoyi, Neophyllobius lachishensis, Neophyllobius communis, Tycherobius dazkiriensis, Tycherobius polonicus, Tycherobius stramenticola, Storchia robustus, Stigmaeus pilatus, Eustigmaeus anauniensis, Eustigmaeus sculptus, Eustigmaeus segnis, Eustigmaeus chilensis, Eustigmaeus turcicus, Eustigmaeus ioanninensis, Ledermuelleriopsis plumosa, Ledermuelleriopsis ayyildizi, Neognathus terrestris, Caligonella humilis, Molothrognathus kamili, Molothrognathus crucis, Raphignathus ueckermanni, Raphignathus karabagiensis, Raphignathus hecmatanaensis, Raphignathus emirdagiensis, Raphignathus giselae, Raphignathus gracilis, Raphignathus zhaoi, Raphignathus kuznetzovi, Raphignathus ensipilosus, Raphignathus afyonensis, Raphignathus collegiatus, Raphignathus protaspus have been reviewed of the their descriptions. The drawings and measurements of various for the organs of identified species and their distributions in the world have been given. It has been arranged keys for species. Key words: Acari, Actinedida, Raphignathoidea, systematic, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.