''Jaenimonas'' is a genus of trypanosomatid parasite that infects mushroom-feeding ''Drosophila'', similar to ''

Crithidia ''Crithidia'' is a genus of trypanosomatid Euglenozoa. They are parasites that exclusively parasitise arthropods, mainly insects. They pass from host to host as cysts in infective faeces and typically, the parasites develop in the digestive tra ...

'' parasites of

Bumblebee A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera ...

s. '' Jaenimonas drosophilae'' is the sole representative of this genus. The genus is named in honor of

John Jaenike John Jaenike is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, and currently a professor at the University of Rochester New York. Jaenike was an early proponent of the Red Queen Hypothesis, using the idea to explain the maintenance of sex. Jaenike is ...

, a prominent ecologist and evolutionary biologist whose work on mushroom-feeding flies laid the foundation for studies on mycophagous ''Drosophila''. Jaenike was also an early proponent of the

Red Queen hypothesis The Red Queen hypothesis is a hypothesis in evolutionary biology proposed in 1973, that species must constantly adapt, evolve, and proliferate in order to survive while pitted against ever-evolving opposing species. The hypothesis was intended ...

.The Red Queen Hypothesis
at Indiana University. Quote: "W. D. Hamilton and John Jaenike were among the earliest pioneers of the idea."

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{{Reflist Trypanosomatida Parasitic excavates Taxa described in 2015