Chilomastix wenyoni

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Subphylum: Trichozoa
Superclassis: Eopharyngia
Classis: Retortamonadea
Ordo: Retortamonadida
Familia: Retortamonadidae
Genus: Chilomastix
Species: Chilomastix wenyoni

Name

Chilomastix wenyoni Markov, O.P.Bogdanov & Perfiljeva [in Markov & Bogdanov], Uzbeksk. Biol. Zhurn. 1961(3): 57 (1961)

non Chilomastix wenyoni Janakidevi, Z. Parasitenk. 20: 566, figs. 1-11 (Nov 1961) nom. illeg. = Chilomastix bursa

• Host: Psammophis lineolatus (Brandt, 1838)
• Type locality: Suburb of Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan [formerly Turkmenian SSR, USSR]

References

Primary references

• Markov, G.S. (Марков, Г.С.) & Bogdanov, O.P. (Богданов, О.П.) 1961. Новые виды паразитических простейших из змей Средней Азии [New species of parasitic Protozoa from the snakes of Middle Asia]. Uzbekskii biologicheskii zhurnal 1961(3): 57–62. (Russian) Reference page. 
• Janakidevi, K. 1961. A new species of Chilomastix Alexeieff, 1912 (Protozoa: Retortamonadines, Grassé, 1952) from the Indian lizard. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 20: 563–567. DOI: 10.1007/BF00333239 Reference page.