FIGURE 7 in Tegoribatidae of North America, with proposal of Protectoribates gen. nov., and new species (Acari, Oribatida, Tegoribatidae)

FIGURE 7. Protectoribates occidentalis sp. nov., differential interference contrast microscope images, A–E adults; A, bothridium and bothridial seta (5 layers), with arrow to nerve canal of seta le on lamella; insert of bothridium showing scales; B, custodium and discidium (3 layers), with arrow to broad, rounded anterior edge of custodium; C, porose organ Ah, lateral view, with arrow to surrounding cerotegument (3 layers); D, dissected specimen with Ah in direct view (2 layers); E, genu, tibia and tarsus II, with white arrow to dentate carina on tibia (2 layers) and narrow black arrow to seta pv"; F, protonymph (2 layers), dorsal view. Scale bar: A = 25 µm; B = 10 µm; D = 7.5 µm; F = 50 µm.