Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Arachnida - (Order) Trombidiformes

Original entries

Barbutiidae (Family) Robaux, 1975
Homocaligidae (Family) Wood, 1969

Current position

Raphignathina (Hyporder) Kethley, 1982

Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang et al., 2011: 133.

Alternative positions

Eleutherengona (Infraorder) Oudemans, 1909	Ref: O. Bánki et al., 2023: 17 Aug 2023.
Raphignathae (Subcohort)	Ref: J. Kethley, 1982: 137.
Raphignathae (Section)	Ref: J. Hallan, [2003]: 02 Sep 2005.
Raphignathina (Cohort) Kethley, 1982	Ref: G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter, 2009: 99.

Historical positions

Raphignathina (Hyporder) Kethley, 1982	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang et al., 2011: 133.
Raphignathina (Cohort) Kethley, 1982	Ref: G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter, 2009: 99.
Raphignathae (Subcohort)	Ref: J. Kethley, 1982: 137.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11f;63g;8s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Nov 2023	[11f]
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang et al.: 133	11f
[2003]	J. Hallan: 02 Sep 2005	[11f]
1982	J. Kethley	9f[38-40g]