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
47723
10.5281/zenodo.277026
7a56a707-d858-4f9a-9925-8b299760cae4
1175-5326
277026
Manuelophrya hannae
(Guhl, 1985)
Fig. 1
a.
Cell is spherical with single, short, thick, rod-like tentacle by which this parasite of the peritrichs attaches to the host body. Lorica absent. Macronucleus spherical, centrally located. There are two contractile vacuoles, placed near the opposite site of the tentacular region of body. Reproduction by semi-circumvaginative budding.
Dimensions: cell body diameter 30–35; length of tentacles 15–20; diameter of macronucleus 8–12. Previous measurements: cell body diameter 30–35.
Material examined.
Found as ectoparasite of epibiont peritrich species from
Lethocerus
sp.
Mexico
. Near Grutas de la Estrella, Ixtapan de la Sal. State of
Mexico
.
1550 m
.a.s.l. (
18° 43’ 30.7” N
; 99° 35’
59.1 W
).
18.09.2005
.
Additional records.
Ectoparasite of peritrich
Haplocaulus walteri
Precht (
Matthes
et al.
1988
)
.