Leptopharynx costatus Mermod, 1914

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

Leptopharynx costatus Mermod, 1914

Mermod, G. 1914. Revue Suisse Zool. 22: 31–114.

Habitat. Biological crusts, decaying bark, Espeletia leaves, freshwater sponges, guano, moss, soil, tank bromeliads, tree litter.

Distribution. Brazil: Amazonas, Janauari Region, 20 km east of Manaus (3°12’53.11’’S 60°02’46.31’’W); 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). 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). Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Santa Rosa National Park (10°49’49.79’’N 85°42’42.64’’W). Heredia, 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). Mexico: Guerrero: La Joya cave (18°35’13.95’’N 99°33’56.76’’W). Oaxaca, near Ixtlán de Juárez (17°18’48.83’’N 96°28’59.77’’W). Veracruz, in coffee lands near Coatepec (19°25’02.46’’N 96°58’28.02’’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); 50 km north of Puerto Ayacucho (6°06’29.45’’S 67°30’07.53’’W); Pavoni (5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W). Apure, near El Sapo (5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W); near Fundo El Tesoro (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); near Ocumare (10°30’00.05’’N 67°37’33.64’’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, Morrocoy National Park, near Chichiriviche (10°55’44.17’’N 69°19’44.72’’W). Guárico, near Cabruta (7°38’49.83’’N 66°14’10.58’’W). Mérida, Páramo de Piedras Blancas, near Pico del Águila (8°52’24.71’’N 70°48’31.65’’W).

References. Buosi et al. 2014; Durán-Ramírez et al. 2015; Foissner 1995, 1997, 2000, 2016; Foissner et al. 2003; Sigala-Regalado 2011.