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 Parhyposomata Grandjean, 1969 [monotypic]
                 Superfamily Parhypochthonioidea Grandjean, 1932
                   1 Family Elliptochthoniidae Norton, 1975
                   2 Family Gehypochthoniidae Strenzke, 1963
                   3 Family Parhypochthoniidae Grandjean, 1932