Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
     Subphylum Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
       Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801
         Superorder Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 - mitelike mites
           Order Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909
             Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968 - oribatid mites
               1 Infraorder Palaeosomata Grandjean, 1969
               2 Infraorder Enarthronota Grandjean, 1969
               3 Infraorder Parhyposomata Grandjean, 1969 [monotypic]
               4 Infraorder Mixonomata Grandjean, 1969
               5 Infraorder Desmonomata Woolley, 1973