Labidostomma aethiopica

Taxobox
name = "Labidostomma aethiopica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Eupodina
superfamilia = Labidostommatoidea
familia = Labidostommatidae
genus = "Labidostomma"
species = "L. aethiopica"
binomial = "Labidostomma aethiopica"
binomial_authority = Meyer & Ryke, 1959

"Labidostomma aethiopica" is a species of mite belonging to the family Labidostommatidae. This three-eyed oval mite is fairly large for the family but is still less than 1 mm in length. The body is marked with a reticulated pattern, although this becomes faint towards the back. All the legs are shorter than the body. This species has been recorded from grass and soil in the vicinity of Bathurst, South Africa.

References

*New species of mites of the families Tydeidae and Labidostommidae (Acarina: Prostigmata) collected from South African plants Magdelena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke Acarologia vol I