Here, we present first draft genome sequence of the trypanosomatid Herpetomonas muscarum ingenoplastis. This parasite was isolated repeatedly in the black blowfly, Phormia regina, and it forms a phylogenetically distinct clade in the Trypanosomatidae family.

Centre de Technologies Moléculaires Appliquées Université Catholique de Louvain B 1200 Brussels Belgium

Coleção de Protozoários Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro 21040 360 Brazil

e Duve Institute University of Louvain B 1200 Brussels Belgium

Institute of Parasitology Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences 37005 České Budějovice Czech Republic

Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes Departamento de Ecologia Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 20550 900 Brazil

Life Science Research Centre Faculty of Science University of Ostrava 71000 Ostrava Czech Republic

Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology Sechenov University 119435 Moscow Russia

Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganisme Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Sorbonne Universités 75005 Paris France

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