Order Parasitiformes Reuter 1909 (arthropod)
Parent taxon: Arachnida according to R. J. Garwood and J. Dunlop 2014
See also Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acari, Acaromorpha, Arthrolycosa tarda, Aulonia, Caulogastra, Cretopilio, Dinopilio, Haplocnemata, Palpigradi, Pantetrapulmonata, Phalangiotarbida, Podurites, Podurites saltator, Poecilophysidea, Pseudoscorpionida, Ricinulei, Saccogulus, Stomothecata
Subtaxa: Ixodida Mesostigmata Opilioacarida
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