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Paraphyletic taxon: Superfamily Hydryphantoidea Piersig, 1896 - water mites (mite)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: H. Smit, 2020: 10 (Dabert et al., 2016).

Subsequent entries

Questionably Zelandothyadidae (Family) Cook, 1983 Ref: M.S. Harvey, 1998: 49 ("tentatively placed").

Current position

Euhydrachnidia ([unranked]) Witte & Olomski, 1991 Ref: M. Dabert et al., 2016: 88. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Anystina (Infraorder) van der Hammen, 1972 Ref: O. Bánki et al., 2023: 17 Aug 2023; CoL(17 Aug 2023).
Hydracarnidiae (Subcohort) Dunlop, Penney & Jekel, 2010, orth. inval. Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 88.
Hydrachnidia ([unranked]) Krantz, 1978 Ref: H. Smit, 2020: 73.
Hydrachnidiae (Subcohort) Ref: G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter, 2009: 99.
Parasitengona (Hyporder) Oudemans, 1909 Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang et al., 2011: 131.
Parasitengona (Cohort) Oudemans, 1909 Ref: J. Kethley, 1982: 131.
Parasitengona (Suborder) Oudemans, 1909 Ref: J. Hallan, [2003]: 01 Sep 2005.

Historical positions

Hydracarnidiae (Subcohort) Dunlop, Penney & Jekel, 2010, orth. inval. Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 88.
Hydrachnidia ([unranked]) Krantz, 1978 Ref: H. Smit, 2020: 11, 73.
Parasitengona (Hyporder) Oudemans, 1909 Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang et al., 2011: 131.
Hydrachnidiae (Subcohort) Ref: G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter, 2009: 99.
Parasitengona (Cohort) Oudemans, 1909 Ref: J. Kethley, 1982: 131.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 7f;64g;24s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 25 Aug 2024 [7f;64g; †0s]
2023 J.A. Dunlop et al.: 88 [9f; †0s]
2020 H. Smit: 13 [7f;64g]
2011 Z.-Q. Zhang et al.: 131 8f
[2003] J. Hallan: 01 Sep 2005 [7f]
1982 J. Kethley 6f[>54g]
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