FIGURE 6. Metabelba denscanis n in Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) IV. Partial revision of Metabelba Grandjean, 1936 with proposal of one new subgenus, one new species and redescriptions of two known species

FIGURE 6. Metabelba denscanis n. sp.—SEM micrographs. A) dorsal view, gastronotic exuviae and adherent debris removed from the notogaster; B) lateral view. Note presence of gastronotic exuviae covered with mass of adherent debris. Inserted small image—detail of rostrum in dorsal view; C) detail of bothridial region of prodorsum and sejugal area with postbothridial tubercles (Ba, Bp) and anterolateral apophyses (ALa, ALp)—lateral view; D) detail of bothridium—lateral view. Cerotegument partly damaged during the preparation of specimens. Scale bars: A—100 Μm; B—200 Μm; C—50 Μm; D—25 Μm.