Leptomonas moramango

Leptomonas moramango
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastea
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Family:	Trypanosomatidae
Genus:	Leptomonas
Species:	L. moramango
Binomial name
Leptomonas moramango Yurchenko et al., 2014

Leptomonas moramango is a species of monoxenous trypanosomatid. It is known to parasitise Brachycera flies, and was first found in Madagascar. ^[1]

References

1. Yurchenko, Vyacheslav; Votypka, Jan; Tesarova, Martina; Klepetkova, Helena; Kraeva, Natalya; Jirku, Milan; Lukes, Julius (2014). "Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of four new species of monoxenous trypanosomatids from flies (Diptera: Brachycera) with redefinition of the genus Wallaceina" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 61 (2): 97–112. doi: 10.14411/fp.2014.023 . ISSN   0015-5683. PMID   24822316.

Further reading

• Týč, Jiří; Votýpka, Jan; Klepetková, Helena; Šuláková, Hana; Jirků, Milan; Lukeš, Julius (2013-10-01). "Growing diversity of trypanosomatid parasites of flies (Diptera: Brachycera): Frequent cosmopolitism and moderate host specificity" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (1): 255–264. Bibcode:2013MolPE..69..255T. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.024. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   23747522.

External links

• "Leptomonas moramango". The Encyclopedia of Life .