Subclass Acari Leach, 1817 - mites and ticks Superorder Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 - mitelike mites Order Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909 Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968 - oribatid mites A Supercohort Palaeosomatides see Infraorder Palaeosomata Grandjean, 1969 B Supercohort Enarthronotides see Infraorder Enarthronota Grandjean, 1969 C Supercohort Parhyposomatides [monotypic] see Infraorder Parhyposomata Grandjean, 1969 D Supercohort Mixonomatides see Infraorder Mixonomata Grandjean, 1969 E Supercohort Desmonomatides see Infraorder Desmonomata Woolley, 1973