Leptomonas jaculum (L.Léger) Berliner 1909
Publication Details
Leptomonas jaculum (L.Léger) Berliner 1909: 313, pl. 29: figs. 25-49
Published in: Berliner, E. (1909). Flagellaten-studien. Archiv für Protistenkunde 15: 297-325, plates 28-29.
Publication date: 1909
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Leptomonas is Leptomonas buetschlii Kent.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Obscuromonas jaculum (L.Léger) Lukeš, Tesařová, V.Y.Yurchenko & Votýpka.
Source of Synonymy
Lukeš, J., Tesařová, M., Yurchenko, V. & Votýpka, J. (2021). Characterization of a new cosmopolitan genus of trypanosomatid parasites, Obscuromonas gen. nov. (Blastocrithidiinae subfam. nov.). European Journal of Protistology 79: article 125778 [1-17], 8 figures, 2 tables.
Basionym
Herpetomonas jaculum L.Léger
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 June 2024
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 July 2025