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 Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909
             Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877
               Infraorder Eupodina Krantz, 1978
                 Superfamily Eupodoidea Koch, 1842 - earth mites and their relatives
                   1 Family Cocceupodidae Jesionowska, 2010
                   2 Family Eupodidae Koch, 1842
                   3 Family Dendrochaetidae Olivier, 2009
                   4 Family Eriorhynchidae Qin & Halliday, 1997
                   5 Family Pentapalpidae Olivier & Theron, 2000
                   6 Family Penthaleidae Oudemans, 1931
                   7 Family Penthalodidae Thor, 1933
                   8 Family Rhagidiidae Oudemans, 1922
                   9 Family Strandtmanniidae Zacharda, 1979 [monotypic]