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 Enarthronota Grandjean, 1969
                 Superfamily Atopochthonioidea Grandjean, 1949
                   1 Family Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949
                   2 Family Phyllochthoniidae Travé, 1967 see Family Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949
                   3 Family Pterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1950 see Family Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949