Fossil labidostomatid mites (Prostigmata: Labidostommatidae) from Baltic amber
2011 - Volume: 51 Issue: 2 pages: 191-198
https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20112006
Keywords
Acari
labidostomatid mite
taxonomy
fossil
Eocene
Baltic amber fossils
Abstract
Unequivocal fossil records of the mite family Labidostommatidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Trombidiformes) are described from Eocene Baltic amber. These two modern-looking specimens can be assigned to the extant genus Labidostomma Kramer, 1879 and are formally described here as Labidostomma paleoluteum sp. nov. Interestingly, the fossil specimens are associated in the amber piece with collembolans – a group on which modern labidostomatids readily prey – and other arthropods inhabiting upper soil layers.
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