Ctenobelba brevipilosa Mahunka, 1964

Seniczak, Stanisław, Ivan, Otilia, Marquardt, Tomasz & Seniczak, Anna, 2020, Morphological ontogeny of Ctenobelba brevipilosa (Acari: Oribatida Ctenobelbidae), Zootaxa 4900 (1), pp. 20-42 : 24

Ctenobelba brevipilosa Mahunka, 1964

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Figures

FIGURE 1. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, female, dorsal aspect, legs partially drawn, scale bar 50 μm.

FIGURE 2. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, female, ventral aspect, legs partially drawn, scale bar 50 μm.

FIGURE 3. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, female. (a) Lateral aspect, legs partially drawn, scale bar 50 μm; mouthparts, right side, scale bars 20 μm; (b) chelicera, (c) palp.

FIGURE 4. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, leg segments of adult (part of femur to tarsus), right side, antiaxial aspect, seta on the opposite side not illustrated is indicated in the legend, scale bar 20 μm. (a) Leg I, tarsus (pl’); (b) leg II; (c) leg III; (d) leg IV; (e) region of solenidia ω 1 and ω 2 on tarsus I, dorsal aspect, (f) part of tarsus I (e, f enlarged).

FIGURE 5. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, adult, SEM micrographs. (a) Dorsal view, (b) bothridial seta, dorsal view, (c) medial part of body, dorsal view, (d) ventral view.

FIGURE 6. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, adult, SEM micrographs. (a) Anterior part of body, ventral view, (b) posterior part of body, ventral view, (c) tectopedium I, dorsal view, (d) tectopedium II, dorsal view.

FIGURE 7. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, SEM micrographs. (a) Adult, part of leg I, ventral view; tritonymph, (b) dorsal view, (c), (d) anterior part of body, dorsal view.

FIGURE 8. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, larva, dorsal aspect, legs partially drawn, scale bar 50 μm.

FIGURE 9. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, ventral part of hysterosoma, legs partially drawn, scale bar 50 μm. (a) Larva, (b) protonymph.

FIGURE 10. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, lateral aspect, legs partially drawn, scale bars 50 μm. (a) Larva, (b) tritonymph.

FIGURE 11. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, leg segments of larva (part of femur to tarsus), right side, antiaxial aspect, setae on the opposite side not illustrated are indicated in the legend, scale bar 20 μm. (a) Leg I, genu (l’), tibia (l’), tarsus (pl’); (b) leg II, genu (l’), tibia (l’); (c) leg III.

FIGURE 12. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, ventral part of hysterosoma, legs partially drawn, scale bar 50 μm. (a) Deutonymph, (b) tritonymph.

FIGURE 13. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, tritonymph, dorsal aspect, legs partially drawn, scale bar 50 μm.

FIGURE 14. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, tritonymph, SEM micrographs. (a), (b) Medial part of gastronotum, dorsal view, (c) anterior part of gastronotum, dorsal view, (d) posterior part of gastronotum, dorsal view.

FIGURE 15. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, tritonymph, SEM micrographs. (a), (b) Seta lm, dorsal view, (c), (d) setae lp and h1 (from left to right), dorsal view.

FIGURE 16. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, tritonymph, SEM micrographs. (a), (b) Bothridium and bothridial seta, dorsal view, (c), (d) posterior part of body, ventral view.

FIGURE 17. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, tritonymph, SEM micrographs. (a) Opisthonotal gla opening, dorsal view, (b) anterior part of body, ventral view, (c) posterior part of body and leg IV, dorsal view, (d) seta d on tibia IV.

FIGURE 18. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, leg segments of tritonymph (part of femur to tarsus), right side, antiaxial aspect, setae on the opposite side not illustrated are indicated in the legend, scale bar 20 μm. (a) Leg I, femur (l’), genu (l’), tibia (l’), tarsus (pl’); (b) leg II, genu (l’), tibia (l’); (c) leg III; (d) leg IV; (e) part of tarsus I, dorsal aspect.

FIGURE 19. Ctenobelba brevipilosa, tritonymph, SEM micrographs. (a) Seta ft’’ on leg IV, dorsal view, (b), (c) part of leg IV, dorsal view, (d) leg I, dorsal view.