Figure 7. Xerobiotus reductus (type locality). A, head in frontal view. B, mouth opening. C, leg I, with the swelling of the furbelow-like structure. D, detail of image C, showing the boundary between the swelling with microgranulations and the remaining cuticle. E, cuticle, with a pore and single granules (arrowhead). F, legs IV, visible pores on dorsal cuticle. G, egg. H, egg processes. I, egg surface and processes. A–I, SEM. Scale bars: 20 µm in A, F, G; 3 µm in B; 10 µm in C; 5 µm in H, I; 1 µm in D, E.

Published as part of Vincenzi, Joel, Cesari, Michele, Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Roszkowska, Milena, Mioduchowska, Monika, Rebecchi, Lorena & Guideưi, Yevgen Kiosya and Roberto, 2024, The xerophilic genera Xerobiotus and Pseudohexapodibius (Macrobiotidae; Tardigrada): biodiversity, biogeography and phylogeny, pp. 111-141 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (1) on page 124, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad129, http://zenodo.org/record/10470587