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 Leptopharynx costatus Mermod, 1914 Mermod, G. 1914 . Revue Suisse Zool . 22: 31–114. Habitat . Biological crusts, decaying bark, Espeletia leaves, freshwater sponges, guano, moss, soil, tank bromeliads, tree litter. Distribution . Brazil : Amazonas , Janauari Region, 20 km east of Manaus ( 3°12’53.11’’S 60°02’46.31’’W ); 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 ). 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 ). Costa Rica : Guanacaste , Santa Rosa National Park ( 10°49’49.79’’N 85°42’42.64’’W ). Heredia , 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 ). Mexico : Guerrero : La Joya cave ( 18°35’13.95’’N 99°33’56.76’’W ). Oaxaca , near Ixtlán de Juárez ( 17°18’48.83’’N 96°28’59.77’’W ). Veracruz , in coffee lands near Coatepec ( 19°25’02.46’’N 96°58’28.02’’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 ); 50 km north of Puerto Ayacucho ( 6°06’29.45’’S 67°30’07.53’’W ); Pavoni ( 5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W ). Apure , near El Sapo ( 5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W ); near Fundo El Tesoro ( 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 ); near Ocumare ( 10°30’00.05’’N 67°37’33.64’’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 , Morrocoy National Park, near Chichiriviche ( 10°55’44.17’’N 69°19’44.72’’W ). Guárico , near Cabruta ( 7°38’49.83’’N 66°14’10.58’’W ). Mérida , Páramo de Piedras Blancas, near Pico del Águila ( 8°52’24.71’’N 70°48’31.65’’W ). References . Buosi et al . 2014 ; Durán-Ramírez et al . 2015 ; Foissner 1995 , 1997 , 2000 , 2016 ; Foissner et al . 2003 ; Sigala-Regalado 2011 .