Paracolpoda steinii ( Maupas, 1883 )

Durán-Ramírez, Carlos Alberto & Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, 2018, Ciliate species from tank-less bromeliads in a dry tropical forest and their geographical distribution in the Neotropics, Zootaxa 4497 (2), pp. 241-257 : 251-252

Paracolpoda steinii ( Maupas, 1883)

Maupas, É. 1883. Archs Zool. Exp. Gen. (Ser. 2) 11: 427–664.

Habitat. Biological crusts, coastal lagoons, decaying bark, Espeletia leaves, flushs, grasslands, lithotelmas, moss, rivers, soil, tank bromeliads, temporary lake, tree litter.

Distribution. Argentina: Buenos Aires City (34°36’23.95’’S 58°22’38.23’’W); Poblet (35°04’27.09’’S 57°57’54.05’’W). Córdoba (31°25’22.17’’S 64°11’14.15’’W). Brazil: Amazonas, 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). Bahia, inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone (16°40’13.41’’S 39°09’46.66’’W). Minas Gerais, inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone (19°12’40.47’’S 41°17’45.39’’W). Rio de Janeiro, inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone (22°29’25.68’’S 42°52’56.35’’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); upper Paraná river floodplain (22°42’06.63’’S 53°06’09.26’’ W). São Paulo, inselbergs within the Atlantic rainforest zone (23°11’08.32’’S 45°01’27.49’’ W). Costa Rica: Heredia, near 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). Isabela Island at Sierra Negra Crater (0°57’00.59’’S 90°57’31.25’’W). Isabela Island, surroundings of the village of Puerto Villamil (0°57’00.59’’S 90°57’31.25’’W). San Cristóbal Island (0°48’11.41’’S 89°25’59.56’’W). Santa Cruz Island (0°44’20.16’’S 90°18’37.73’’W). Mexico: Nayarit, San Blas (21°31’42.67’’N 105°16’49.34’’W). Tamaulipas, Gómez Farías, Rancho El Cielo (22°51’10.80’’N 99°07’19.35’’W). Veracruz, in coffee lands near Coatepec (19°25’02.46’’N 96°58’28.02’’W); Jalacingo, Ejido Orilla del Monte (19°48’06.88’’N 97°18’16.44’’W); Veracruz, temporary lake (19°13’06.02’’N 96°11’33.34’’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); Pavoni (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). Apure: near El Sapo (5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’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, about 13 km northwest of the village of Chichiriviche (11°00’07.16’’N 68°23’12.09’’W); Golfete de Cuare (10°55’26.04’’N 68°17’13.35’’W); Morrocoy National Park, near Chichiriviche (10°55’44.17’’N 69°19’44.72’’W); Pico de Chichiriviche (10°54’09.74’’N 68°22’30.47’’W). Guárico, near Cabruta (7°38’49.83’’N 66°14’10.58’’W). Mérida, outskirts of Mérida (8°36’52.64’’N 71°09’30.67’’W); Páramo de Piedras Blancas, near Pico del Águila (8°52’24.71’’N 70°48’31.65’’W); Sierra Nevada National Park, surroundings of La Mucuy (8°37’’55.79’’N 71°02’12.20’’W).

References. Aladro-Lubel et al. 1990; Buosi et al. 2014; Foissner 1997, 2000, 2016; Foissner et al. 2003; Durán-Ramírez et al. 2015; Hernández-Anaya 1981; Küppers & Claps 2012a, 2016; Mondragón-Camarillo 2011; Pauleto et al. 2009; Rico-Ferrat 1990; Steffens & Wilbert 2002.