Host specificity of Phytomonas serpens (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatida) to experimental vectors from two families of the true bugs, Pentatomidae and Coreidae
Journal: Protistology
Year: 2023

The possibility of development of dixenous trypanosomatids Phytomonas serpens in the southern green shield bug Nezara viridula (fam.Pentatomidae) and the dock bug Coreus marginatus (fam.Coreidae) was studied experimentally.A complete development of the parasite, resulting in the formation of promastigotes and endomastigotes, was observed only in C. marginatus.We also showed that the flagellates developing in the salivary glands of the dock bugs could infect tomato fruits.Our results and the lite