| Subtaxon | Example images | Rank | Featured subtaxa |
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| Supercohort | 2 subtaxa | 5 images | 1 ident. refs | |||||
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Cohort | 2 subtaxa | 5 images | 1 ident. refs | ||||
| Supercohort | 1 subtaxa | 1 ident. refs | ||||||
| Cohort | 1 subtaxa | 1 ident. refs | ||||||
| Superfamily | 1 subtaxa | 1 ident. refs | ||||||
| Suborder | ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites) |
| Order | SARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites) |
| Superorder | ACARIFORMES (acariform mites) |
| Subclass | ACARI (mites) |
| Class | ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
| Subphylum | CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods) |
| Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
| Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| Dindal, D.L. | 1977 | Biology of Oribatid mites | 122pp, State University of New York | |
| Hull, J.E. | 1913 | Terrestrial Acari of the Tyne Province - Part I — Oribatidae | Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (new series.) Vol IV: 381-409 + Plate XVII. | |
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Michael, A.D. | 1898 | Oribatidae | Das Tierreich. |
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Michael, A.D. | 1884 | British Oribatidae | Vol 61 & 65, 657+54 platespp, The Ray Society, London |
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| Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. | 1992 | The oribatid mites genera of the world | Hungarian National Museum Press |
ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 55 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
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