living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
             Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801
               Subclass Acari Leach, 1817 - mites and ticks
                 Order Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 see Superorder Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952
                   Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877
                     Cohort Parasitengona Oudemans, 1909 - chiggers, velvet mites, water mites, and their relatives see Hyporder Parasitengona Oudemans, 1909
                       Superfamily Hydrovolzioidea Thor, 1905
                         Family Hydrovolziidae Thor, 1905
                           Subfamily Acherontacarinae Cook, 1967 see Family Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967
                             Genus Acherontacarus Viets, 1932