Haemoproteus homovelans
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| Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) homovelans Dimitrov et al., 2014
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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
- ^ 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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