Lagenophrys vaginicola, Stein, 1852

Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura & Clamp, John C., 2016, An annotated checklist of species in the family Lagenophryidae (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea, Peritrichia), With a brief review of their taxonomy, morphology, and biogeography, Zootaxa 4132 (4), pp. 451-492 : 475-476

L. vaginicola Stein, 1852

Lagenophrys obovata Stokes 1887: 147 ; Stokes 1888: 59; von Ubisch 1913: 43; Swarczewsky 1930: 458; Kane

1965: 120, 121.

Lagenophrys vagenicola Wallengren 1900: 358 , 360, 362; von Ubisch 1913: 42, 43, 44, 52, 75.

Habitat. Freshwater.

Distribution. BR: Neartic, Palaeartic (Mayén-Estrada & Aguilar-Aguilar 2012).

Austria: Voralberg, 7 mi. SSW Bludenz, Lunersee (47°3'22.96"N, 9°45'48.29"E).

Canada: Ontario, 2.0 mi. WSW Crystal Beach, Point Abino, swamp at jct. Pt. Abino Rd./Erie Rd. (42°51'32.60"N, 79° 5'42.16"W).

China: Jiangsu (Kiangsu), Nanjing (Nanking) (32°2'55.10"N, 118°45'12.50"E).

France: Haute-Savoie Lac d´Annecy (45°52'3.92"N, 6°11'9.30"E).

Germany: Bavaria, near Erlangen (49°35'35.32"N, 10°59'33.19"E). Potsdam, Niemegk (52°4'58.44"N, 12°42'0.17"E). Wurttembeg, Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Hochdorf (47°59'50.66"N, 7°51'52.88"E).

Slovakia: High Tatra Mountains near Kezmarck, lakes Kezsmarker Gruner-See, Kezsmarker Schwarzer-See, Kezsmarker Weisser-See (49°9'6.17"N, 20°12'31.08"E).

Switzerland: Basel, Dornach, meadow ponds (47°28'57.41"N, 7°36'30.90"E). Geneve, near Geneva, Pinchat (46°10'22.17"N, 6°8'49.81"E); near Geneva, Rouelbeau, marsh (46°14'30.78"N, 6°13'5.68"E); near Geneva, Florissant, small pond (46°11'37.11"N, 6°9'34.29"E); near Geneva, Valavaran, bog; Lac Leman, littoral region (46°12'34.31"N, 6°9'46.48"E); near Geneva, Chatelaine Lake; near Geneva, Vieusseux, lake; near Geneva, Feuillasse, marsh.

USA: Delaware, 1.7 mi. N Cheswold, Garrison´s L. (39°14'39.94"N, 75°35'39.04"W). New Jersey, Mercer Co., near Trenton (40°12'17.84"N, 74°46'1.66"W). New York, Erie Co., near Buffalo, early spring (42°52'38.02"N, 78°52'53.41"W). North Carolina, Tyrrell Co., 2.5 mi. NW Columbia, swamp at jct. SR 1209/SR1211 (35°56'50.53"N, 76°16'52.58"W); Tyrrell Co., 1.5 mi. NW Columbia, swamp alongside SR 1209 (35°56'6.61"N, 76°16'11.05"W); Washington Co., 1.8 mi. SW Creswell, swampy margin of Scuppernong (35°51'14.00"N, 76°25'5.02"W).

Hosts. Canada: harpacticoid copepod (caudal bristles). China: Canthocamptus sp. (caudal bristles). Germany: Canthocamptus staphylinus (Jurine) (swimming legs and caudal bristles), Cyclops sp. Switzerland: Canthocamptus staphylinus (caudal bristles), Canthocamptus sp., Metacyclops minutus (Claus) (cited as Cyclops minutus ), Cyclops sp. USA: harpacticoid copepod (caudal bristles), Bryocamptus minutus (Claus) (setae of swimming legs, caudal bristles), Canthocamptus sp.

References. Clamp 1984.