[On the problem of identification of homoxenous trypanosome cultures with the description of a new species Wallaceina podlipaevi sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae)]

Abstract

The type culture of Leptomonas peterhoffi Podlipaev, 1985 (stamm P-101) was examined using light and electron microscopy. The hapantotype of L. peterhoffi Podlipaev, 1985 was reexamined with a light microscope. As a result, a new species of homoxenous trypanosomes, Wallaceina podlipaevi, sp. n. was described.