Labidostommatidae

Taxobox
name = Labidostommatidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Eupodina
superfamilia = Labidostommatoidea
familia = Labidostommatidae
familia_authority = Oudemans, 1906
subdivision_ranks = Genera include
subdivision = "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.

References

* [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/acari/Labidostommatidae.txt Partial species list]