living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Status: extant
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
  Status: extant
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    Status: extant
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
      Status: extant
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
        Status: extant
           Subphylum Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
          Status: extant
             Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801
            Status: extant
               Subclass Acari Leach, 1817 - mites and ticks
              Status: extant
                 Order Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 see Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909
                Status: extant
                   Suborder Mesostigmata Canestrini, 1891 see Order Mesostigmata Canestrini, 1891
                  Status: extant
                     Cohort Dermanyssina see Hyporder Dermanyssiae Evans & Till, 1979
                    Status: extant
                       Superfamily Dermanyssoidea Kolenati, 1859 - poultry mites, nasal mites, bird mites, and rat mites
                      Status: extant
                         Family Spelaeorhynichidae see Family Spelaeorhynchidae Oudemans, 1902
                        Status: extant