Paratydeidae Tanytydeus pogrebnyaki k-18364 tarsus I holotype

Hitachi KP-HD20A on Zeiss Imager A2 microscope 100x oil immersion 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.