Pterygosomatidae_Pimeliaphilus_Arc183_ventr_60x_Leica_TumGU_p6

Original image stacks of the larval parasitic mite found in Early Cretaceous (Albian) Archingeay-Les Nouillers (= Font-de-Benon quarry) fossil resin locality.<br>Material - Inclusion in opaque, light-brown piece of fossil resin trimmed to an approximate parallelepiped 0.5x0.5x1.5 mm and polished on four sides. Housed in the amber collection of the Geological Institute and Museum of the University of Rennes, France, with collection number IGR.ARC.183. Photographed in temporary glycerol mounts.<br>Imaging: Compound microscopes Nikon E-800, Zeiss AxioImager A2 and Leica DM 2500 with water-immersion (Nikon, 40x and 60x), dry and oil-immersion (Leica, Zeiss) brightfield, polarized and differential interference contrast and incident illumination were used. Stacks of images, comprising multiple focal planes, were obtained with digital cameras Nikon D 7000 on Nikon microscope, Zeiss Axiocam 506 color on Zeiss microscope and Leica DFC 450 on Leica microscope. Stacks were corrected for colour, brightness and noise with Adobe Lightroom, then exported to .jpg.<br><br>Microscope, illumination type and magnification are recorded in the folder title. Scale bars are provided along with images. Note that scale bar image is to be scaled 2x when used with files containing x0.5 in the name.<br>