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
                     Family Laelapidae Berlese, 1892
                       1 Subfamily Alphalaelapinae Tipton, 1960
                       2 Subfamily Acanthochelinae Radovsky & Gettinger, 1999
                       3 Subfamily Hirstionyssinae Evans & Till, 1966
                       4 Subfamily Laelapinae Berlese, 1892
                       5 Subfamily Hypoaspidinae Vitzthum, 1941
                       6 Subfamily Melittiphidinae Evans & Till, 1966