New fossil labidostomatids (Acari: Labidostomatidae) from Eocene amber and presence of an apustulate species in Europe

Modern-looking labidostomatid mites were found in collections of Eocene amber from diverse origins. Six of ten specimens from Baltic amber could be unequivocally assigned to the extant genus Labidostoma Kramer, 1879. These specimens showed affinities, notably by cheliceral morphology, with the extant Holarctic subgenus Cornutella, comprising large mites that commonly inhabit superficial soil layers. However, because of the unusual position of setae la and setation of the palps, the new subgenus Pseudocornutella was proposed. The habitus of a second species (two specimens from Baltic amber) resembles that of the previously described fossil L. (N.) paleoluteum. However, because of the unequivocal absence of the paired lateral gland-like pustule, it was assigned to the