Genus Tetramitus Perty, 1852

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• Tetramitus Perty, J.A.M. 1852. Zur Kenntnis kleinster Lebensformen. Bern : Jent and Reinert.
• Paratetramitus Darbyshire, J.F., Page, F.C. & Goodfellow, L.P. 1976. Paratetramitus jugosus, an amoebo-flagellate of soils and freshwater, type-species of Paratetramitus nov.gen. Protistologica 12: 375-387.
• Learamoeba Sawyer, T.K., Nerad, T.A., Cahoon, L.B. & Nearhoof, J.E. 1998. Learamoeba waccamawensis, n. g., n. sp. (Heterolobosea: Vahlkampfiidae), a new temperature-tolerant cyst-forming soil amoeba. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 45: 260-264.
• Singhamoeba Sawyer, T.K., Nerad, T.A. & Munson, D.A. 1992. Singhamoeba horticola (Singh and Hanumaiah, 1979) n. comb., type species of Singhamoeba n. g. Journal of Protozoology 39: 107-109.

  Secondary source:

   De Jonckheere, J.F. & Brown, S. 2005. The identification of vahlkampfiid amoebae by ITS sequencing. Protist 156: 89-96.

Diagnosis

Small amoebae moving by eruptive protrusions from a hemispherical anterior lobopodium. Differentiation to flagellate cells in some species, not recorded in several others but the required conditions may differ. Flagellates ovoid, cylindrical or tapering, with an antero-lateral cytostome; flagellar number usually two or four in different species, but varying during the cell cycle. Cysts diverse, some with excystment pores, some without.

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