Haemoproteus parabelopolskyi

Haemoproteidae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Haemoproteidae
Genus: Haemoproteus
Species: H. parabelopolskyi
Binomial name
Haemoproteus parabelopolskyi
Kruse, 1890

Haemoproteus parabelopolskyi is a species of parasitic protozoa that infects birds.

Seventeen strains of H. parabelopolskyi are found only in the Blackcap, and form a monophyletic group; three further members of that group are found only in the Garden Warbler, and another three occur in the African Hill Babbler, supporting the shared ancestry of the three bird species.[1]

References

  1. Pérez-Tris, Javier; Hellgren, Olof; Križanauskienė, Asta; Waldenström, Jonas; Secondi, Jean; Bonneaud, Camille; Fjeldså, Jon; Hasselquist, Dennis; Bensch, Staffan (2007). "Within-host speciation of malaria parasites". PLoS ONE 2 (2): e235. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000235. PMC 1794596. PMID 17311104.