Order Acari

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

• Parent taxa
  
  
  
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  Class Arachnida (arachnids)
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  Order Acari
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  Family Demodicidae
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  Parasitiformes (mites and ticks)
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  Suborder Astigmata
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  Family Sarcoptidae
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  Suborder Ixodides
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  Family Argasidae
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  Family Ixodidae
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  Suborder Mesostigmata
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  Superfamily Dermanyssoidea
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  Family Dermanyssidae
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  Superfamily Gamasida
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  Family Laelaptidae
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  Family Macronyssidae
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  Sarcoptiformes
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  Suborder Acaridei
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  Family Hyadesidae
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  Family Myocoptidae
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  Suborder Oribatei
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  Family Eremaeidae
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  Family Hydrozetidae
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  Family Malaconothridae
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  Family Trombiculidae
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  Trombidiformes
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  Family Bdellidae
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  Suborder Prostigmata
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  Family Acalyptonotidae
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  Family Anisitsiellidae
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  Family Arrenuridae
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  Family Athienemanniidae
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  Family Aturidae
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  Family Axonopsidae
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  Family Clathrosperchonidae
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  Family Eylaidae
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  Family Feltriidae
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  Family Halacaridae
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  Family Hydrachnidae
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  Family Hydrodromidae
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  Family Hydrovolziidae
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  Family Hydryphantidae
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  Family Hygrobatidae
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  Family Krendowskiidae
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  Family Lebertiidae
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  Family Limnesiidae
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  Family Limnocharidae
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  Family Mideidae
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  Family Mideopsidae
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  Family Momoniidae
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  Family Nautarachnidae
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  Family Neoacaridae
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  Family Oxidae
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  Family Piersigiidae
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  Family Pionidae
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  Family Pontarachnidae
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  Family Protziidae
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  Family Pseudohydryphantidae
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  Family Sperchonidae
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  Family Tarsocheylidae
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  Family Teutoniidae
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  Family Thermacaridae
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  Family Thyasidae
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  Family Torrenticolidae
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  Family Unionicolidae