Discophrya lichtensteinii (Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)

= Podophrya lichtensteinii Claparède & Lachmann, 1859

= Tokophrya lichtensteinii (Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)

= Venodiscophrya lichtensteinii (Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)

= Venodiscophrya graphodites Jankowski, 1981

= Venodiscophrya haliplis Jankowski, 1981

= Venodiscophrya potamonectis Jankowski, 1981

= Venodiscophrya brychiis Jankowski, 1981

= Venodiscophrya cybistericola Jankowski, 1981

= Discophrya cybistericola (Jankowski, 1981)

= Acineta hyphydri Wrzesniowski, 1877

= Acineta wrzesniowskii Kent, 1881

= Venodiscophrya wrzesniowskii (Kent, 1881)

= Discophrya wrzesniowskii (Kent, 1881)

= Discophrya brachystyla Kormos, 1938

= Venodiscophrya brachystyla (Kormos, 1938)

Records on hydrachnid mites: On Protzia sp. (Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) in Turkey, Erzurum Province, Teke stream, Konya Province, Аkşehir, Yylasrteam (Dovgal & Pešić, 2012);

On Torrenticola barsica (Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) in Iran, Shanderman (Chafrood) stream 15 km from Masalsity (Dovgal & Pešić, 2012; Dovgal, 2013).

Other hosts: Matthes (1954) reported this species on Dytiscus marginalis Linnaus 1758, Cybister laterimarginalis (DeGeer, 1774), Dytiscus circumflexus Fabricius, 1801, Graphoderes zonatus (Hoppe, 1795), G. cinereus (Linnaeus, 1758), G. bilineatus (De Geer, 1774), Haliplus laminates (Schaller, 1783), H. flavicollis Sturm, 1834, H. fluviatilis Аubé, 1836, H. ruficollis (De Geer, 1774), H. wehnkei Nicolai, 1822, Peltodytes caesus (Duftschmid, 1805), Brychius elevates (Panzer, 1793), Graptodytes pictus (Fabricius, 1787), Hyphydrus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1761) and Coelambus impressopunctatus (Schaller, 1783) from Germany; Dovgal (1996) reported it from Ukraine on Agabus sp., Potamonectes sp., Cybister sp., Graphoderes sp., Haliplus sp., Peltodytes sp., Brychius sp., Coelambus impressopunctatus (Schaller, 1783), Potamonectes elegans (Panzer, 1794), Dytiscus circumflexus Fabricius, 1801, Hyphydrus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1761) and H. bicolor (Kirby, 1837); Dovgal (2013) reported this species on Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758), Plea leachi McGregor & Kirkaldy 1899, Acilius sp., and Agabus sp. Hydaticus seminiger (De Geer, 1774) was reported from Ukraine; Mariño-Pérez et al. (2011) reported it on Ambrysus sp. from Mexico.

In Ukraine, Dovgal (1987, 1991) reported Discophrya lichtensteinii (Claparède & Lachmann) (under the synonym name D. wrzesniowskii) as an epibiont of the water stick insect Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758) .