Rhabdostyla chironomi (Kahl 1933)

Souza, Pedro Mendes De, Rossi, Mariana Fonseca & Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso, 2024, Systematic review of the genera Rhabdostyla Kent 1880 and Orborhabdostyla Foissner et al. 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Epistylididae), Zootaxa 5399 (3), pp. 201-230 : 213

Rhabdostyla chironomi (Kahl 1933)

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) chironomi Kahl, 1933 — Kahl, 1935: 678, pl. 133, fig. 15

Diagnosis: Size about 60 µm. Very similar in shape to R. commensalis , except for the thicker peristomial collar. Peduncle twice as long as wide and with transverse folds. Individuals found on the respiratory tubes of chironomid larvae ( Diptera , Chironomidae ).

Remarks: diagnosis according to Kahl (1935).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Schematic drawing of representatives of the genus Rhabdostyla and Orborhabdostyla.A: Orborhabdostyla brevipes; B: Orborhabdostyla bromelicola; C: Orborhabdostyla kahli; D: Rhabdostyla annulata; E: Rhabdostyla arenaria; F: Rhabdostyla arenicolae; G: Rhabdostyla bosminae; H: Rhabdostyla volvocis; I: Rhabdostyla chironomi; J: Rhabdostyla commensalis.