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
Pseudogemma pachystyla
Collin, 1912
Fig 1
b.
Ectoparasitic species with sacciform loricate body. There is single, short, thick, rod-like tentacle by which the parasite attaches to the apical part of the host (suctorian ciliates) body. The tentacle as a rule completely dipped into host cell body. Reproduction by endogenous budding.
Dimensions: body length 18–24; body width 16–20. Previous measurements: body length 20–30; body width 12–25.
Material examined.
Found as ectoparasite of
Periacineta buckei
, epibiont of:
Ranatra
sp. 1.
Mexico
. Tecocomulco lake. State of Hidalgo.
2530 m
.a.s.l. (
19° 52’ 30.5” N
;
98° 23’ 41.2” W
).
15.09.2007
.
Additional records.
Brackish water from Béziers and the channel of the port of Cette; ectoparasite of
Acineta tuberosa
(
Matthes
et al.
1988
)
.