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 Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909
             Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968 - oribatid mites
               Infraorder Desmonomata Woolley, 1973
                 Hyporder Astigmata Canestrini, 1891
                   Superfamily Pterolichoidea Trouessart & Mégnin, 1884
                     01 Family Ascouracaridae Gaud & Atyeo, 1976
                     02 Family Cheylabididae Gaud, 1983
                     03 Family Crypturoptidae Gaud, Atyeo & Berla, 1972
                     04 Family Eustathiidae Oudemans, 1905
                     05 Family Falculiferidae Oudemans, 1905
                     06 Family Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo, 1975
                     07 Family Kiwilichidae Dabert, 1994
                     08 Family Kramerellidae Gaud & Mouchet, 1961
                     09 Family Ochrolichidae Gaud & Atyeo, 1978
                     10 Family Oconnoriidae Gaud, Atyeo & Klompen, 1989
                     11 Family Pterolichidae Trouessart & Mégnin, 1884
                     12 Family Ptiloxenidae Gaud, 1982
                     13 Family Rectijanuidae Gaud, 1961
                     14 Family Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1897
                     15 Family Thoracosathesidae Gaud & Mouchet, 1959 [monotypic]
                     16 Family Caudiferidae Gaud & Atyeo, 1978
                     17 Family Freyanidae Dubinin, 1953
                     18 Family Vexillariidae Gaud & Mouchet, 1959