Epibionts on Hydraena species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from high mountain rivers of Pyrenees (Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park), with the description of a new species
Author
Fernández-Leborans, Gregorio
Dep. Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University, c / José Antonio Novais, 12. 28040 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: greg @ bio. ucm. es
Author
Valladolid, María
Dep. Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural History (MNCN-CSIC), c / José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: marval @ mncn. csic. es
Author
Arauzo, Mercedes
Institute of Agricultural Sciences (ICA-CSIC), c / Serrano 115, dpdo., 28006 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: mercedes. arauzo @ csic. es
Author
Millán, Andrés
Dep. Ecology & Hydrology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Espinardo Campus, 30100 Murcia, Spain. E-mail: acmillan @ um. es
Author
Gabilondo, Regina
Dep. Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University, c / José Antonio Novais, 12. 28040 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: greg @ bio. ucm. es
Author
Gallardo, Manuela
Laboratory of Histology and Procedures for Biological Samples, National Museum of Natural History (CSIC), c / José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: mgallardo @ mncn. csic. es
Author
Jiménez, Luis
Association of Environmental Sciences (ACA). c / General Ramírez de Madrid, 11, 4 º-dcha, 28020 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: luis. jimenez @ cienciasambientales. org. es
Author
Ramírez-Ballesteros, Mireya
Laboratory of Protozoology, Dep. Comparative Biology, Faculty of Sciences, UNAM, Mexico. E-mail: mballesteros @ ciencias. unam. mx
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-01-01
4317
1
79
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journal article
32236
10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.3
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Description of
Tokophrya cf. stenostyla
Hamilton & Jahn
The suctorians analyzed (
Figures 2–3
) had an oval elongated body (51–53 µm long, 20–42 µm wide). In several individuals there was a cap-shaped region protruding from the front end of the body. The posterior end of the body was truncated just above the junction of the stalk. Tentacles spread at the distal end, not grouped in actinophores. There were 20–25 tentacles, directly attached to the surface of the ciliate. The stalk was long (105–121 µm), and its posterior end was widen slightly in attachment with substrate. The anterior end showed a widening near the body, composed by an unequal double ring. The macronucleus was spherical or oval (19–29 µm long, 17–27 µm wide), located in the middle or slightly towards the anterior half of the body (
Table 3
).
Registration numbers:
MNCN 39.04/2-39.04/4
Distribution.
They were found attached principally to the dorsal area (
Figure 4
) of elytra of several species of
Hydraena
:
H. delia
,
H. subimpressa
and
H. truncata
(
Coleoptera
:
Hydraenidae
). Found in rivers Bellós and Yaga. (
Table 2
).