Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Arachnida > Subclass Micrura

Acari Leach, 1817

Rank: Subclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subclass group names

*Acariformes*		taxonomically included in
*Actinotrichida*		taxonomically included in
*Anactinotrichida*		taxonomically included in
*Acarina*		synonym

Children

Acariformes
Actinotrichida
Anactinotrichida

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: kvalster

Literature

basis of record	Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Third Edition. Texas Tech University Press; Lubbock, Texas, 807 pp, ISBN 978-0-89672-620-8.