The PEDIGREE of
Order Mesostigmata (Free-living mites & kin)

 "Child(ren)":       Suborder Monogynaspida   ;   Trigynaspida (112 genera : 220 species)
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/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa   +====> [ 71]
/-- 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
/-- Superorder Parasitiformes (Mites & Ticks)
/  
- Order Mesostigmata (Free-living mites & kin)
 

 
  ``2-Great Grandchild:''       Family Laelapidae (Bee predator Mites, etc.)
 
  ``6-Great Grandchild:''       Virus-Infected Parasitic Mite
 

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