Two new subspecies of trypanosomatids (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), parasites of bugs (Heteroptera) from Cuba and the United States, with a discussion of trypanosomatids of water striders (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

S.A. Podlipaev

Abstract. Leptomonas leptoglossi longus subsp. n. collected in Cuba from Leptoglossus phyllopus (Linnaeus) (Heteroptera: Coreidae) and Blastocrithidia gerridis bozemani subsp. n. collected in Montana (USA) from Gerris remigis Say (Heteroptera: Gerridae) are described.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 1999, 8(1): 1–5  ▪  Published in print 22 July 1999


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