Study on trypanosomes of Sciuridae from Senegal: Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) heliosciuri sp. n. and Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) xeri Leger and Baury, 1922
- PMID: 921362
- DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1977.11687189
Study on trypanosomes of Sciuridae from Senegal: Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) heliosciuri sp. n. and Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) xeri Leger and Baury, 1922
Abstract
This paper describes a new species of trypanosome, Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) heliosciuri, from Heliosciurus gambianus gambianus, and gives a detailed description of T. (Herpetosoma) xeri Leger and Baury 1922, from Euxerus erythropus erythropus, all from Senegal, West Africa.