Leptomonas
Sign in to saveLeptomonas is a genus of parasitic flagellate protist belonging to family Trypanosomatidae and subfamily Leishmaniinae sensu Maslov & Lukeš 2012. It is a monoxenous parasite of mainly Hemiptera, Diptera, and Siphonaptera insects.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomProtozoa
- PhylumEuglenozoa
- ClassKinetoplastea
- OrderTrypanosomatida
- FamilyTrypanosomatidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- Family
- Trypanosomatidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Iraq, Nigeria
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Leptomonas is a genus of parasitic flagellate protist belonging to family Trypanosomatidae and subfamily Leishmaniinae sensu Maslov & Lukeš 2012. It is a monoxenous parasite of mainly Hemiptera, Diptera, and Siphonaptera insects.
In addition to Leptomonas, one-host trypanosomatids from insects have been traditionally placed in genera Crithidia, Blastocrithidia, Herpetomonas, Rhynchoidomonas, and Wallaceina.
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