Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
     Subphylum Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
       Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801
         Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 - ticks and ticklike mites
           Order Mesostigmata Canestrini, 1891
             Suborder Monogynaspida Camin & Gorirossi, 1955
               Infraorder Gamasina Kramer, 1881
                 Hyporder Dermanyssiae Evans & Till, 1979
                   Superfamily Dermanyssoidea Kolenati, 1859 - poultry mites, nasal mites, bird mites, and rat mites
                     01 Family Dasyponyssidae Fonseca, 1940
                     02 Family Dermanyssidae Kolenati, 1859
                     03 Family Entonyssidae Ewing, 1923
                     04 Family Haemogamasidae Oudemans, 1926
                     05 Family Halarachnidae Oudemans, 1906
                     06 Family Hystrichonyssidae Keegan, Yunker & Baker, 1960
                     07 Family Iphiopsididae Kramer, 1886
                     08 Family Ixodorhynchidae Ewing, 1923
                     09 Family Larvamimidae Elzinga, 1993
                     10 Family Laelapidae Berlese, 1892
                     11 Family Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936
                     12 Family Manitherionyssidae Radovsky & Yunker, 1971
                     13 Family Omentolaelapidae Fain, 1961
                     14 Family Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 1895
                     15 Family Spelaeorhynchidae Oudemans, 1902
                     16 Family Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 1901
                     17 Family Varroidae Delfinado & Baker, 1974