Ciliate species from tank-less bromeliads in a dry tropical forest and their geographical distribution in the Neotropics Author Durán-Ramírez, Carlos Alberto Author Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura text Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-09 4497 2 241 257 journal article 29212 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.2.5 b38403d2-822e-4d58-b1b8-e603e2f18c48 1175-5326 1452159 FDA9E213-7252-42C6-9251-2159CE804FF1 Paracolpoda steinii ( Maupas, 1883 ) Maupas, É. 1883 . Archs Zool. Exp. Gen . (Ser. 2) 11: 427–664. Habitat . Biological crusts, coastal lagoons, decaying bark, Espeletia leaves, flushs, grasslands, lithotelmas, moss, rivers, soil, tank bromeliads, temporary lake, tree litter. Distribution . Argentina : Buenos Aires City ( 34°36’23.95’’S 58°22’38.23’’W ); Poblet ( 35°04’27.09’’S 57°57’54.05’’W ). Córdoba ( 31°25’22.17’’S 64°11’14.15’’W ). Brazil : Amazonas , outskirts of Manaus ( 3°09’16.94’’S 60°16’16.76’’W ); Rio Negro , Anavilhanas archipielago ( 2°38’09.53’’S 60°55’33.53’’W ). Bahia , inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone ( 16°40’13.41’’S 39°09’46.66’’W ). Minas Gerais , inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone ( 19°12’40.47’’S 41°17’45.39’’W ). Rio de Janeiro , inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone ( 22°29’25.68’’S 42°52’56.35’’W ). Paraná , Nupélia Field Station near Porto São José ( 22°45’04.27’’S 53°15’43.82’’W ); São Pedro do Paraná ( 22°43’16.90’’S 53°10’ 10.85’’W ); upper Paraná river floodplain ( 22°42’06.63’’S 53°06’09.26’’ W ). São Paulo , inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone ( 23°11’08.32’’S 45°01’27.49’’ W ). Costa Rica : Heredia , near Braulio Carrillo National Park ( 10°12’29.50’’N 84°00’52.25’’W ); Puntarenas , near Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ( 10°18’28.07’’N 84°47’48.29’’W ). Dominican Republic : ( 18°28’N 69°56’W ). Ecuador : ( 0°00’ S 78°26’W ). Isabela Island at Sierra Negra Crater ( 0°57’00.59’’S 90°57’31.25’’W ). Isabela Island, surroundings of the village of Puerto Villamil ( 0°57’00.59’’S 90°57’31.25’’W ). San Cristóbal Island ( 0°48’11.41’’S 89°25’59.56’’W ). Santa Cruz Island ( 0°44’20.16’’S 90°18’37.73’’W ). Mexico : Nayarit , San Blas ( 21°31’42.67’’N 105°16’49.34’’W ). Tamaulipas , Gómez Farías, Rancho El Cielo ( 22°51’10.80’’N 99°07’19.35’’W ). Veracruz , in coffee lands near Coatepec ( 19°25’02.46’’N 96°58’28.02’’W ); Jalacingo, Ejido Orilla del Monte ( 19°48’06.88’’N 97°18’16.44’’W ); Veracruz , temporary lake ( 19°13’06.02’’N 96°11’33.34’’W ); near Xalapa, Santuario del Bosque de Niebla ( 19°30’56.50’’N 96°56’41.65’’W ). Peru : Loreto , vecinity of Iquitos ( 3°46’50.45’’S 74°21’05.75’’W ). Venezuela : Amazonas : 10 km north of Puerto Ayacucho ( 5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W ); 14 km north of Puerto Ayacucho ( 5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W ); Pavoni ( 5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W ). Aragua , Biological Station Rancho Grande ( 10°23’20.36’’N 67°37’07.85’’W ); Henri Pittier National Park ( 10°30’00.05’’N 67°37’33.64’’W ). Apure : near El Sapo ( 5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W ). Bolívar , 100 km southwest to Cabruta ( 7°00’29.36’’N 66°05’48.69’’W ); outskirts of Village of Raimundo ( 7°03’33.83’’N 66°55’39.03’’W ). Falcón , about 13 km northwest of the village of Chichiriviche ( 11°00’07.16’’N 68°23’12.09’’W ); Golfete de Cuare ( 10°55’26.04’’N 68°17’13.35’’W ); Morrocoy National Park, near Chichiriviche ( 10°55’44.17’’N 69°19’44.72’’W ); Pico de Chichiriviche ( 10°54’09.74’’N 68°22’30.47’’W ). Guárico , near Cabruta ( 7°38’49.83’’N 66°14’10.58’’W ). Mérida , outskirts of Mérida ( 8°36’52.64’’N 71°09’30.67’’W ); Páramo de Piedras Blancas, near Pico del Águila ( 8°52’24.71’’N 70°48’31.65’’W ); Sierra Nevada National Park, surroundings of La Mucuy (8°37’’55.79’’N 71°02’12.20’’W ). References . Aladro-Lubel et al . 1990 ; Buosi et al . 2014 ; Foissner 1997 , 2000 , 2016 ; Foissner et al . 2003 ; Durán-Ramírez et al . 2015 ; Hernández-Anaya 1981 ; Küppers & Claps 2012a , 2016 ; Mondragón-Camarillo 2011 ; Pauleto et al. 2009 ; Rico-Ferrat 1990 ; Steffens & Wilbert 2002 .