Paleoleishmania protera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trypanosomatina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Protozoa Subregnum: Eozoa Infraregnum: Euglenozoa Phylum: Euglenozoa Subphylum: Glycomonada Classis: Kinetoplastea Subclassis: Metakinetoplastina Ordo: Trypanosomatida Subordo: Trypanosomatina

Familia: Trypanosomatidae
Genus: †Paleoleishmania
Species: †Paleoleishmania protera

Name

Paleoleishmania protera Poinar & R.Poinar, 2004 (proterus)

Type locality: Burmese amber, Kachin state, Myanmar

Temporal range: Albian-Cenomanian 99 myo

References

• Poinar, G.O. Jr. & Poinar, R. 2004. Paleoleishmania proterus n. gen., n. sp., (Trypanosomatidae: Kinetoplastida) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Protist 155(3): 305–310. DOI: 10.1078/1434461041844259 Reference page. 
• Poinar, G. 2008. Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber. Parasites & Vectors 1: 22. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-22 Reference page.