The PEDIGREE of
Subclass Acarina (Mites & Ticks)

     aka Acari

 "Child(ren)":       Superorder Acariformes (Mites)   ;   Clade of Parasitiformes & Opilioacariformes
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/-- Superkingdom Holozoa   +====> [ 68]
/-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)
/-- 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)
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchildren:''       Superfamily Psoroptoidea   ;   Section Parasitengona (Water Mites, Velvet Mites & Chiggers)   ;   Section Raphignathae   ;   Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)   ;   Infraorder Dermanyssina
 
  ``9-Great Grandchild:''       Virus-Infected Parasitic Mite
 

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