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Taxon: Subclass Acari Leach, 1817 - mites and ticks (arachnid)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Arachnida

Current position

Acaromorpha ([unranked]) Dubinin, 1957 Ref: J.W. Shultz, 2007: fig. 1 [Aria et al., 2020: fig. S4]. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Arachnida (Class) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: E.A. Sidorchuk et al., 2016(2015): 299.

Historical positions

Euchelicerata ([unranked]) Weygoldt & Paulus, 1979 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 67.
Chelicerata (Subphylum) Heymons, 1901 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2020: 62.
Euchelicerata ([unranked]) Weygoldt & Paulus, 1979 Ref: C. Aria et al., 2020: fig. S4. [implicit]
Arachnida (Class) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2012: 57. [inferred rank]
Arachnida (Class) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 159.
Acaromorpha ([unranked]) Dubinin, 1957 Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: 299-301, table 18.2, fig. 18.1.
Arachnida (Class) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: J. Hallan, [2003]: 7 Mar 2005.
Arachnida (Class) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: D.E. Johnston, 1982: 111.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6o;523f;5433g;2640s;51ss; ‡1g; †10f;69g;9s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 14 Sep 2024 [6o;523f; ‡1g; †10f;69g]
2023 J.A. Dunlop et al.: 129 [2o;556f; †10f;70g]
2009 G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter: 100 [6o;125Sf]
2004 J.A. Coddington et al.: 299 3So;6o;>400f;3000-4000g;>50,000s; †~90s
[2003] J. Hallan: 03 Sep 2005 [7o;523f; †3f]
1982 D.E. Johnston 3o30,000s
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