living organisms
 see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
  
 Superkingdom Eukaryotae
 see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
    
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      
 Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
        
 Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
          
 Subphylum Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
            
 Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801
              
 Subclass Acari Leach, 1817 - mites and ticks
                
 Order Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909
 see Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909
                  
 1 Suborder Mesostigmata Canestrini, 1891
 see Order Mesostigmata Canestrini, 1891
                  
 2 Suborder Holothyrina Thon, 1909
 see Order Holothyrida Thon, 1905
                  
 3 Suborder Ixodida Leach, 1815
 see Order Ixodida Leach, 1815