Haemoproteidae Explained

The Haemoproteidae are a family of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.^[1]

The species in this family produce pigment and do not have an asexual cycle in the blood.

Taxonomy

The genera in this family are:

• Genus Johnsprentia Landau, Chavatte & Beveridge, 2012 ^[2]
• Genus Haemocystidium Castellani and Willey, 1904, emend. Telford, 1996
• Genus Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 ^{[3] [4]}
  • Subgenus Parahaemoproteus Bennett et al., 1965
  • Subgenus Haemoproteus
• Genus Paleohaemoproteus Poinar and Telford, 2005
• Genus Sprattiella Landau et al., 2012 ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Euzéby J (1988) Comparative Medical Protozoology, Vol. 3: Apicomplexa, 2: Haemosporidioses, Part 1: Plasmodiids, Haemoproteids, Piroplasms (general characters
2. Landau I., Chavatte J.M. & Beveridge I. Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae), a parasite of the flying-fox, Pteropus alecto (Pteropodidae), from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 2012, 56, 61–66.
3. Karadjian . G. . Puech . MP. . Duval . L. . Chavatte . JM. . Snounou . G. . Landau . I. . Haemoproteus syrnii in Strix aluco from France: morphology, stages of sporogony in a hippoboscid fly, molecular characterization and discussion on the identification of Haemoproteus species. . Parasite . 20 . 32 . 2013 . 10.1051/parasite/2013031 . 24029169 . 3771403.
4. Karadjian . G. . Martinsen . E. . Duval . L. . Chavatte . JM. . Landau . I. . Haemoproteus ilanpapernai n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Haemoproteidae) in Strix seloputo from Singapore: morphological description and reassignment of molecular data. . Parasite . 21 . 17 . 2014 . 10.1051/parasite/2014018 . 24759652 . 3996868.
5. Landau. I.. Chavatte. J.M.. Karadjian. G.. Chabaud. A.. Beveridge. I.. The haemosporidian parasites of bats with description of Sprattiella alecto gen. nov., sp. nov.. Parasite. 19. 2. 2012. 137–146. 1252-607X. 10.1051/parasite/2012192137. 22550624. 3671437.