ACARIDAE
(a family of Astigmatid mites)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyACARIDAE (a family of Astigmatid mites)
SuperfamilyACAROIDEA (a superfamily of Astigmatid mites)
CohortAstigmatina (a cohort of mites)
SupercohortDesmonomatides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
OrderSARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
InfraclassAcari (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Vacanti, V. 2015 Handbook of Mites of Economic Plants 890pp, CABI

ACARIDAE (a family of Astigmatid mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ACARIDAE (a family of Astigmatid mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ACARIDAE (a family of Astigmatid mites)
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