Trypanosomatids
21EC and 37EC
A
variety of mirids and lygaeids, as well as other heteroptera, were attracted
to light traps set near the forest edge at the El
Ceibo site. Many of them were found to harbour trypanosomatids, as
exemplified by two cultures below.
21EC promastigotes from a
mirid Collaria oleosa (det. by M. Schwartz), phase contrast.
A cell on the right is dividing.
37EC cells from a lygaeid
Pachygrontha barberi (det. by C. Schaefer and J. O'Donnell)