Fig. 3 in Integrative description of Mesobiotus anastasiae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotoidea) and first record of Lobohalacarus (Chelicerata, Trombidiformes) from the Republic of South Africa

Fig. 3. Mesobiotus anastasiae sp. nov., bucco-pharyngeal apparatus. A, E–O. Paratype, ♀ (SPbU 256(9)). B–D. Holotype, ♀ (SPbU 256(8)). A. Total dorso-ventral view of the bucco-pharyngeal apparatus, DIC. B. Ventral row of macroplacoids, focused on their outer surface, DIC. C. Ventral row of macroplacoids, focal plane shifted deeper into the parynx, black arrowheads indicate appendices of the third macroplacoid bent inward, DIC. D. Lateral rows of macroplacoids, black arrowheads indicate appendices of the third macroplacoid bent inward, DIC. E. Ventral row of macroplacoids, focused on their outer surface; note the absence of the preterminal constriction of the third macroplacoid, DIC. F–O. Oral cavity armature, dorsal (F–H, K–M) and ventral view (I–J, N–O), black arrowheads indicate teeth of the first band, F–J = PhC, K–O = DIC. Scale bars: A = 10 µm; B–O = 5 µm.