Wallaceina raviniae
Wallaceina raviniae is a species of monoxenous trypanosomatid. It is known to parasitise Brachycera flies, and was first found in Ecuador.[1]
| Wallaceina raviniae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Family: | Trypanosomatidae |
| Genus: | Wallaceina |
| Species: | W. raviniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Wallaceina raviniae Yurchenko et al., 2014 | |
Comparison and phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA and glycosomal glyceraldehyde-3-phosphatedehydrogenase sequences of trypanosomatid taxa suggest Wallaceina raviniae be reassigned to the newly proposed genus Wallacemonas.[2]
References
- 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". Folia Parasitologica. 61 (2): 97–112. doi:10.14411/fp.2014.023. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 24822316.
- Kostygov, Alexei Yu.; Grybchuk-Ieremenko, Anastasiia; Malysheva, Marina N.; Frolov, Alexander O.; Yurchenko, Vyacheslav (2014-09-01). "Molecular revision of the genus Wallaceina". Protist. 165 (5): 594–604. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2014.07.001. ISSN 1434-4610.
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