A checklist of epibiont suctorian and peritrich ciliates (Ciliophora) on halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari: Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia)
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Chаtterjee, Tаpаs
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Dovgаl, Igor
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Pešić, Vlаdimir
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Zаwаl, Аndrzej
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-09
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10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.4
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Tokophrya wenzeli
Matthes & Stiebler, 1970
Records on hydrachnid mites
:
Motaş (1928)
observed the mass infestation of mites by suctorians in ponds in the vicinity of Dombes just north of Lyon and in ponds at river Rhone between Аoste and Sant-Didier, southeast of
France
. Suctorian ciliates were observed by the same author on water mites
Hydryphantes dispar
(Schaub, 1888)
,
Limnesia fulgida
Koch, 1836
,
L. maculata
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
,
L. undulata
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
,
Piona pusilla
(Neuman, 1875)
,
P. obturbans
(Piersig, 1896)
,
Pionopsis lutescens
(Hermann, 1804)
and
Hydrochoreutes krameri
Piersig, 1896
. He provided the figures of suctorians (
Motas 1928, Fig. 1
) but did not provide any descriptions and did not identify the species.
The species observed by Motaş was described as a new species by
Matthes & Stiebler (1970)
from water bodies of
Germany
as
Tokophrya wenzeli
Mattheset &
Stiebler, 1970
. The authors found the species at pedipalps and legs of mites
Limnesia undulate
(O.F. Müller, 1776)
,
L. maculata
(O.F. Müller, 1776)
,
Piona conglobata
(Koch, 1836)
,
P. variabilis
(Koch, 1842)
,
Arrenurus globator
(O.F. Müller, 1776)
and
A. stecki
Koenike, 1894
.
Dovgal (1987)
observed
T. wenzeli
in Lake Staraja Desna
near Makoshino, Chernigov region, Ukraine at
Hydrachna
sp.
Dovgal (1991)
also mentioned the species on
Eylais
sp. and
Limnesia fulgida
, Koch,
1836
in water bodies of basins of rivers Western Bug and Pripyat, Ukraine.
Dovgal
et al
. (2012) observed
T. wenzeli
on
Eylais
sp. from river-bed of Goryn’ river near the village Stavok, Rovno region, Ukraine, on
Limnesia fulgida
from floodplain lake near Goryn’ river near village Zbuzh, Rovno region and on
Eylais saratowi
Piersig, 1904
from a floodplain lake at the left bank of Dnieper in Kiev vicinity, Ukraine.
Dovgal
et al
. (2012) also reported
T. wenzeli
on
Forelia variegator
(Koch, 1837)
and
Hygrobates longipalpis
(Hermann, 1804)
from Lake Binovskie in a neighborhood of Szczecin (Poland).
Dovgal
et al
. (2012) reported
T. wenzeli
on
Hygrobates zawali
Pešić, 2015
(=
Hygrobates diversiporus
(Sokolow, 1927)) in the ancient lake Ohrid, in neighborhood of Ohrid city in FYROM.
New finds
: We present some more new records of
T. wenzeli
from Poland:
Locality
:
River Krąpiel
near
Dalewo
,
Poland
(
53°20'03.5"N
,
15°11'11.2"E
); biotope: marginal pool,
0.2 m
depth, sand; host species: water mite
Lebertia oblonga
Koenike, 1911
; localization: legs; intensity: 10 ciliates per host individual.
Date
of collection:
12.09.2010
, collector:
А. Zawal.
Locality
:
Sękacz Lake
,
Poland
(
53°56'56.7"N
,
17°09'56.9"E
); biotope:
1 m
depth, sand; host species: water mite
Forelia liliacea
(Müller, 1776)
; localization: legs;
Intensity
: 6 ciliates per host individual.
Date
of collection: 0 1.08.2014, collector:
А. Zawal.
Locality
:
Kwisno Duże Lake
,
Poland
(
54°04'31.9"N
,
17°06'36.0"E
); biotope:
4 m
depth, mud; host species: water mite
Forelia liliacea
(Müller, 1776)
; localization: legs and idiosoma;
Intensity
: 1-6 ciliates per host.
Date
of collection: 0 2.08.2014, collector:
А. Zawal.
Locality
:
Kwisno Duże Lake
(
54°04'31.9"N
,
17°06'36.0"E
); biotope:
4 m
depth, mud; host species: water mite
Limnesia fulgida
Koch, 1836
; localization: legs;
Intensity
: 3 ciliates per host individual.
Date
of collection: 0 2.08.2014, collector:
А. Zawal.
Remarks
:
Tokophrya wenzeli
was not observed on the hydrachnid mites from lotic water bodies. It seems likely that the species is a usual commensal of freshwater mites from stagnant water reservoirs (Dovgal
&
Pešić 2012).