New records of suctorians (Ciliophora: Suctoria) as epibionts of aquatic true bugs (Hemiptera: Prosorrhyncha: Nepomorpha) from two regions: Mexico and Eastern Europe
Author
Mariño-Pérez, Ricardo
Author
Dovgal, Igor
Author
Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
text
Zootaxa
2011
2798
48
60
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.277026
7a56a707-d858-4f9a-9925-8b299760cae4
1175-5326
277026
Discophrya gessneri
Matthes, 1954
Fig. 1
d.
Freshwater species with flattened asymmetrical body. Stalk short, cup-like apically covering about a quarter of body. Clavate tentacles not arranged in fascicles, evenly distributed over apical body surface and each one beginning from small projections of the cortex. Macronucleus spherical, centrally located. Reproduction has not been observed.
Dimensions: body length 20–42; width 17–36; length of the tentacles about 60. Previous measurements: body length 18–38; body width 18–38; length of tentacles until 60.
Material examined.
Found as epibiont of:
Aphelocheirus aestivalis
.
Ukraine
.
Psel river near village Kamennoe.
17.07.1988
. Psel river near village Malyj Perevoz, Poltava region.
24.07.1988
.
Belarus
. Ubort’ river between villages Kopishche (Zhytomir region,
Ukraine
) and Milashevichi (Gomel’ region,
Belarus
)
12.08.1983
.
Additional records.
Aphelocheirus aestivalis
(
Matthes
et al.
1988
)
.