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
                   1 Superfamily Veigaioidea Oudemans, 1939
                   2 Superfamily Rhodacaroidea Oudemans, 1902
                   3 Superfamily Eviphidoidea Berlese, 1913
                   4 Superfamily Ascoidea Voigts & Oudemans, 1905
                   5 Superfamily Phytoseioidea Berlese, 1916
                   6 Superfamily Dermanyssoidea Kolenati, 1859 - poultry mites, nasal mites, bird mites, and rat mites