Plasmodium sp.

Chavatte, Jean-Marc, Grès, Virginie, Snounou, Georges, Chabaud, Alain & Landau, Irène, 2009, Plasmodium (Apicomplexa) of the skylark (Alauda arvensis), Zoosystema 31 (2), pp. 369-383 : 380

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2009n2a8
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6029414C-FF92-3A6A-D86F-FDA4FD8EFB2E
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Plasmodium sp.
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Plasmodium sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: France. Landes , Saint- Julien-en-Born, 44°03’42’’N, 1°13’33’’W, blood smear of A. arvensis number 740U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2 View Materials -XXV, 24-43); 741U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2 View Materials -XXV, 44-64). GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the type locality, Saint-Julien-en-Born, Landes, France.

HOST. — Alauda arvensis (type host).

REMARKS

This parasite of the skylark is close to P. rouxi . A detailed description will be published in another work on the tetranucleate Plasmodium . This species differs from P. rouxi principally by its rounded shape that contrasts with the rectangular P. rouxi , and by the disposition of the protruding nuclei in a semi-circle rather than as two opposed bunches as in P. rouxi .