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 Eleutherengona Oudemans, 1909
                 Hyporder Heterostigmata Berlese, 1899
                   Superfamily Pygmephoroidea Cross, 1965 see Superfamily Scutacaroidea Oudemans, 1916
                     Family Microdispidae Cross, 1965