Plasmodium pitheci

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Haemospororida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Tsar Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Alveolata Phylum: Myzozoa Subphylum: Apicomplexa Infraphylum: Sporozoa Classis: Aconoidasida Ordo: Haemospororida

Familia: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: Plasmodium pitheci

Name

Plasmodium pitheci Halberst. & Prowazek, Arb. Kaiserl. Gesundheitsamte 26: 40 (1907)

Host: Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

Locality: Kalimantan [= Borneo], Indonesia

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Haemoproteus pitheci (Halberst. & Prowazek) S.Dodd, Trop. Veter. Bull. 1: 263 (1913)

References

Primary references

• Halberstaedter, L. & Prowazek, S. 1907. Untersuchungen über die Malariaparasiten der Affen. Arbeiten aus dem Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte 26: 37–42. DOI: 10.25646/6366 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Coatney, G.R., Collins, W.E., Warren, McW. & Contacos, P.G. 1971. The Primate Malarias. Bethesda, Md. : U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ; Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Printing Office. 366 pp. Reprint 2003
• Krylov, M.V. (Крылов, М.В.) 1974. Каталог Piroplasmida мировой фауны. - Ленинград : Наука, Ленинградское отделение. - 112 с. : ил.; 22 см. (Russian) Фундаментальная электронная библиотека «Флора и фауна» DJVU Google Books Reference page. 
• Pacheco, M. A., Reid, M. J., Schillaci, M. A., Lowenberger, C. A., Galdikas, B. M., Jones-Engel, L., & Escalante, A. A. 2012. The origin of malarial parasites in orangutans. PloS one 7(4): e34990. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034990
• Reid, M. J. C., Switzer, W. M., Alonso, S. K., Lowenberger, C. A., & Schillaci, M. A. 2022. Evolutionary history of orangutan plasmodia revealed by phylogenetic analysis of complete mtDNA genomes and new biogeographical divergence dating calibration models. American journal of primatology 84(4–5): e23298. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23298