Trypanosoma naviforme

Taxonavigation

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

Trypanosoma naviforme R.N.M.Sehgal, Iezhova, Marzec & Valkiūnas, Zootaxa 4034: 344, pl. 1, figs. 1–5 (2015) (naviformis)

Host: Cyanomitra olivacea (A. Smith, 1840)
Locality: Agumatsa (07°01.758´ N, 00°33.490´ E, 269 m above sea level), Ghana.
Type specimens: Hapantotype (accession number 41736NS, over 20 trypomastigotes seen, C. olivacea, Agumatsa, 07°01.758´N, 00°33.490´E, Ghana, collected by G. Valkiūnas, 7 July 2007; GenBank JX436210) - deposited in the Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. Parahapantotypes deposited in the Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania (accession no. 41735NS), U. S. National Parasite Collection, Beltsville, Maryland, USA (USNPC 106222.01), and Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia (G465639).

Sehgal, R.N.M., Iezhova, T.A., Marzec, T. & Valkiūnas, G. 2015. Trypanosoma naviformis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastidae: Trypanosomatidae) from widespread African songbirds, the Olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) and Yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris). Zootaxa 4034(2): 342–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.