The unique family of Labidostomatidae belongs to Labidostomatina one of the four infraorders forming the suborder Prostigmata (Zhanget al.2011; Bertrand et al.2012).
It is one of the most primitive groups of actinotrichid mites (Bertrandet al.2012). The family is a cosmopolitan assemblage of approximately 50 described species of predatory mites (Walteret al.2009).