The PEDIGREE of
Clade of Parasitiformes & Opilioacariformes

 "Child(ren)":       Superorder Parasitiformes (Mites & Ticks)   ;   Opilioacariformes (Opilioacarus etc.)
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/-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)   +====> [ 69]
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Arachnomorpha
/-- Infraphylum Chelicerata (Arachnids & Horseshoe Crabs)
/-- Class Arachnida (Spiders & Scorpions)
/-- Subclass Acarina (Mites & Ticks)
/  
- Clade of Parasitiformes & Opilioacariformes
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchildren:''       Genus Ixodes (common ticks)   ;   Superfamily Dermanyssoidea (Bird mites & kin)
 
  ``8-Great Grandchild:''       Virus-Infected Parasitic Mite
 

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