Paratydeidae Scolotydaeus vlaskini k-1462_Leg II ventral left

Original image stacks for descriptions of fossil mites of the family Paratydeidae from the late Eocene Rovno Amber.

Two species:

Scolotydaeus vlaskini n. sp.
Housed
in the amber collection of the Sсhmalhausen
Institute of zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kiev,
with collection number SIZK
K‑1462

and Tanytydeus pogrebnyaki n. sp.

Housed
in the amber collection of the Schmalhausen
Institute of zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kiev,
with collection number SIZK K‑18364.

Compound
microscopes Nikon E-800 with water immersion optics (40x and 60x) and
Zeiss AxioImager A2 with dry (40x, 63x) and oil immersion optics
(100x). Brightfield, polarized and differential interference contrast
and incident illumination were used. Stacks of images, comprising
multiple focal planes, were obtained with digital cameras Olympus
OM-D E-M10II on Nikon microscope, Zeiss Axiocam 506 color and Hitachi
KP-HD20A
on Zeiss microscope. Stacks were
corrected for colour, brightness and noise with Adobe Lightroom, then
exported to JPEG format.

Combined images prepared with Helicon Focus 6.8.0, using
algorithms A (mostly) and B with subsequent manual addition of
significant details from the individual focal planes.