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

Abstract

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.