Leptomonas
Leptomonas is a genus of parasitic flagellate protist belonging to family Trypanosomatidae and subfamily Leishmaniinae sensu Maslov & Lukeš 2012. It is a monoxenous parasite of mainly Hemiptera, Diptera, and Siphonaptera insects.
In addition to Leptomonas, one-host trypanosomatids from insects have been traditionally placed in genera Crithidia, Blastocrithidia, Herpetomonas, Rhynchoidomonas, and Wallaceina.
Systematics
The etymology of the genus name Leptomonas derives from the two Ancient Greek words, meaning "fine-grained, tiny", and, meaning "alone, isolated", or "a unit".There are 18 species of Leptomonas.Leptomonas agilis ChattonLeptomonas brasiliense FrançaLeptomonas buetschlii W.S. KentLeptomonas ciliatorum H.-D. Görtz & J. Dieckmann, 1987Leptomonas costoris Wallace, Todd & RogersLeptomonas davidi LafontLeptomonas gerridis BerlinerLeptomonas karyophilus Gillies & HansonLeptomonas lata SkvortzovLeptomonas leptoglossi Hanson & McGheeLeptomonas lunulata MassartLeptomonas lygaei BerlinerLeptomonas melophagia BerlinerLeptomonas moramangoLeptomonas mesnili RoubaudLeptomonas muscae-domesticae SennLeptomonas pangoniae Rodhain, Pons, Vandenbranden & BequaertLeptomonas pisciformis SkvortzovLeptomonas soudanensis Roubaud