Leptomonas moramango is a species of monoxenous trypanosomatid. It is known to parasitise Brachycera flies, and was first found in Madagascar.[1]
| Leptomonas moramango | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Family: | Trypanosomatidae |
| Genus: | Leptomonas |
| Species: | L. moramango
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptomonas moramango Yurchenko et al., 2014
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References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.024. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 23747522.
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