- Plasmodium melanipherum
"Plasmodium melanipherum" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium " subgenus "Vinckeia ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. melanipherum" has both
vertebrate andinsect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite aremammal s.Taxobox
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regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
species = "P. melanipherum"
binomial = "Plasmodium melanipherum"Description
This species was first described by Dionisi in 1899. A subspecies ("P. melanipherum monosoma") was later described by Vassal in 1907
Geographical occurrence
Clinical features and host pathology
"P. melanipherum" infects Schreiber's bat ("
Miniopterus schreibersi ")."P. melanipherum monosoma" infects the bat "
Vesperugo abramus ".References
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