Table 4.
Genera of haemosporidian parasites (* = haemozoin present).
| Assemblage | Genus | No. spp. |
Site of development in vertebrate |
Vertebrate hosts | Invertebrate vectors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meronts | gamonts | |||||
| F: Plasmodiidae | Plasmodium | 200 | liver, blood | erythrocytes* | mammals, birds, reptiles | diptera |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Hepatocystis | 25 | liver | erythrocytes* | primates/bats | midges |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Polychromophilus | 6 | viscera | erythrocytes* | bats | nycterids |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Nycteria | 7 | liver | erythrocytes* | bats | ? |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Biguetiella | 1 | liver | erythrocytes* | bats | ? |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Bioccala | 1 | RE cells | erythrocytes* | bats | ? |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Dionisia | 1 | liver | erythrocytes* | bats | ? |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Rayella | 3 | liver | erythrocytes* | flying squirrels | ? |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Billbraya | 1 | erythrocytes | erythrocytes* | lizards | ? |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Mesnilium | 1 | RE cells | blood cells* | fish | leeches |
| F: Plasmodiidae | Haemocystidium | 6 | RE cells | erythrocytes* | lizards/tortoises | arthropods |
| F: Haemoproteidae | Haemoproteus (Halteridium) | 20 | RE cells | erythrocytes* | birds | louse flies |
| F: Haemoproteidae | Parahaemoproteus | 150 | RE cells | erythrocytes* | birds | midges |
| F: Haemoproteidae | Johnsprentia | 1 | RE cells | erythrocytes* | flying foxes | ? |
| F: Haemoproteidae | Simondia | 1 | RE cells | erythrocytes* | turtles | insects |
| F: Haemoproteidae | Sprattiella | 1 | RE cells | erythrocytes* | bats | ? |
| F: Leucocytozoidae | Leucocytozoon (Akiba) | 100 | RE cells | blood cells | birds | blackflies |
| F: Leucocytozoidae | Saurocytozoon | 2 | viscera | leucocytes | lizards | mosquitoes |
| F: Garniidae | Garnia | 7 | leucocytes | leucocytes | lizards | arthropods |
| F: Garniidae | Progarnia | 1 | blood cells | blood cells | crocodiles | ? |
| F: Garniidae | Fallisia | 8 | leucocytes | leucocytes | lizards | arthropods |