Haemoproteidae

Haemoproteus ilanpapernai

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Tsar
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Subphylum: Apicomplexa
Infraphylum: Sporozoa
Classis: Aconoidasida
Ordo: Haemospororida
Familia: Haemoproteidae
Genera: Haemocystidium – Haemoproteus – Johnsprentia – Paleohaemoproteus – Sprattiella

Name

• Haemoproteidae Sambon in Manson, Trop. Diseases, ed. 4: 835 (1907)
  • Type genus: Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890

References

Primary references

• Sambon, L.W. 1907. Appendix. The Protozoa of the blood of vertebrates. In: Manson P., Tropical Diseases. A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates. Ed. 4 [thoroughly revised and enlarged]. London-New York-Toronto-Melbourne: Cassel and Company, pp. 806–851. HathiTrust PDF (1909 printing) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bennett, G.F.; Garnham, P.C.; Fallis, A.M. 1965. On the status of the genera Leucocytozoon Ziemann, 1893 and Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Haemosporidiida: Leucocytozoidae and Haemoproteidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 43: 927–932.
• Bennett, G.F. 1993. Phylogenetic distribution and possible evolution of the avian species of the Haemoproteidae. Systematic Parasitology 26: 39–44.
• Križanauskienė, A., Iezhova, T.A., Palinauskas, V., Chernetsov, N. & Valkiūnas, G. 2012. Haemoproteus nucleocondensus n. sp. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from a Eurasian songbird, the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Zootaxa 3441: 36–46. Preview Reference page. 
• Križanauskienė, A. et al. 2013: Molecular characterization of Haemoproteus sacharovi (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), a common parasite of columbiform birds, with remarks on classification of haemoproteids of doves and pigeons. Zootaxa 3616(1): 85–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.7 Reference page.