''Angomonas desouzai'' is a parasitic protist from the order

Trypanosomatida Trypanosomatida is a group of kinetoplastid unicellular organisms distinguished by having only a single flagellum. The name is derived from the Greek ''trypano'' (borer) and ''soma'' (body) because of the corkscrew-like motion of some trypanosom ...

Ecology

''Angomonas desouzai'' parasitizes species of the

diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...

and, like other species of ''

Angomonas ''Angomonas'' is a genus of protists in the order of Trypanosomatida Trypanosomatida is a group of kinetoplastid unicellular organisms distinguished by having only a single flagellum. The name is derived from the Greek ''trypano'' (borer) and ...

'' harbors endosymbiotic bacteria.

References

Trypanosomatida Parasitic excavates Parasites of Diptera Protists described in 1989 Euglenozoa species {{Excavata-stub