[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval. see Phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021
       Class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
         Order Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Family Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
             Genus Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980) nom. cons.
               Rickettsia rhipicephali (ex Burgdorfer et al. 1978) Weiss and Moulder 1988