Labidostommatidae

Labidostommatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
(unranked): Eupodides
Superfamily: Labidostommatoidea
Family: Labidostommatidae
Oudemans, 1906
Genera include

Akrostomma
Cornutella
Eunicolina
Grandjeanellina
Labidostomma
Mahunkiella
Sellnickiella

Labidostommatidae is a family of acariform mites. These egg-shaped free-living predators have the body completely covered with sclerotized plates, often with a reticulated pattern, two or three eyes and two claws on each tarsus.

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