Babesia melis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Tsar
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Subphylum: Apicomplexa
Infraphylum: Sporozoa
Classis: Piroplasmea
Ordo: Piroplasmida
Familia: Babesiidae
Genus: Babesia
Species: B. melis

Name

• Babesia melis (Luhs)
  • Host: Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Type locality: outskirts of Zurnabad village, Goygol Rayon, Azerbaijan (former Zurnabat, Elizavetpol' Governorate, Russian Empire).

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Rossiella melis Luhs, Trudy XIII S"jezda Russk. Estestvoisp. Vrachej Tiflise 1913, 6: 309 (1916)

References

Primary references

• Luhs, I.M. (Лусъ, И.М.) 1916. О новыхъ гематозояхъ у дикихъ млекопитающихъ въ Закавказскомъ краѣ [On new haematozoans of wild mammals of the Transcaucasia Territory]. In: Труды XIII-го Съѣзда русскихъ естествоиспытателей и врачей въ гор. Тифлисѣ, 16–24 iюня 1913 г. Тифлисъ: Типо-литографiя и переплетная Товарищества "Либерманъ и Ко" , 6: 301–323. (Russian) PDF Reference page.