Demonstration that <i>Leptomonas pessoai</i> Galvão, Oliveira, Carvalho &amp; Veiga, 1970, is a <i>Herpetomonas</i>*

Abstract

SYNOPSIS. Leptomonas pessoai from the reduviid hemipteron Zelus leucogrammus , was cloned. The original strain (ATCC 30252) and clones can differentiate from promastigote to opisthomastigote. Differentiation is faster at high temperature (37 C) and in a defined medium as compared with a complex medium. It is suggested that Leptomonas pessoai be designated Herpetomonas samuelpessoai.