Haemoproteus homovelans

Haemoproteus homovelans
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Haemoproteidae
Genus: Haemoproteus
Species: H. homovelans
Binomial name
Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) homovelans
Dimitrov et al., 2014

Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) 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]

References

  1. 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.

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