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Order Opilioacarida

Opilioacaridae, Opilioacarus(Neocarus) texanus - Neocarus texanus Opilioacarus texanus - Neocarus texanus Opilioacarus texanus  - Neocarus texanus Opilioacarus texanus  - Neocarus texanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Parasitiformes
Order Opilioacarida
Explanation of Names
Opilioacarida Zakhvatkin 1952
Numbers
According to the Acari Project the order contains a single family [35 spp. in 4 genera total(1)]
Works Cited
1.Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Beaulieu F., Dowling A.P.G., Klompen H., de Moraes G.J., Walter D.E. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 123–128.