Discophrya lichtensteinii (Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)

Chаtterjee, Tаpаs, Dovgаl, Igor, Pešić, Vlаdimir & Zаwаl, Аndrzej, 2018, A checklist of epibiont suctorian and peritrich ciliates (Ciliophora) on halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari: Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 4457 (3), pp. 415-430 : 422-423

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) .