Haemoproteus homovelans
Haemoproteus homovelans is a parasite first found in the Grey-faced Woodpecker, Picus canus, in Bulgaria. Haemoproteus homovelans has circumnuclear gametocytes that lack volutin granules. The species is similar to Haemoproteus velans, yet the latter's gametocytes are overfilled with volutin.[1]
| Haemoproteus homovelans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Chromista |
| Subkingdom: | Harosa |
| Infrakingdom: | Halvaria |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Chromatorida |
| Suborder: | Laveraniina |
| Family: | Haemoproteidae |
| Genus: | Haemoproteus |
| Species: | H. homovelans |
| Binomial name | |
| Haemoproteus homovelans Dimitrov et al., 2014 | |
| Synonyms | |
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References
- Dimitrov, Dimitar; Zehtindjiev, Pavel; Bensch, Staffan; Ilieva, Mihaela; Iezhova, Tatjana; Valkiūnas, Gediminas (2014). "Two new species of Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from European birds, with emphasis on DNA barcoding for detection of haemosporidians in wildlife". Systematic Parasitology. 87 (2): 135–151. doi:10.1007/s11230-013-9464-1. ISSN 0165-5752.
Further reading
- Tostes, Raquel, et al. "Molecular Characterization and Biochemical and Histopathological Aspects of the Parasitism of Haemoproteus spp. in Southern Caracaras (Caracara plancus)." Journal of Parasitology 101.6 (2015): 687–693.
- Golemansky, Vassil. "Checklist of Haemosporidian and Piroplasmid Parasites (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida and Pirolasmorida) of Man and Animals in Bulgaria."
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