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Plasmodium melanipherum

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Plasmodium melanipherum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. melanipherum
Binomial name
Plasmodium melanipherum
Dionisi, 1899

Plasmodium melanipherum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. melanipherum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy

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This species was first described by Dionisi in 1899. A subspecies (P. melanipherum monosoma) was later described by Vassal in 1907.[1] P. melanipherum was described to resemble Plasmodium malariae.[1]

Distribution

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P. melanipherum has only been described in Central Africa.

Hosts

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P. melanipherum infects Schreibers' bat (Miniopterus schreibersii). P. melanipherum monosoma infects the bat Vesperugo abramus. It is not known if these parasites cause disease in their bat hosts.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Strong, Richard Pearson; Shattuck, George Cheever. Medical and pathological investigations in Liberia and the Belgian Congo.