Hepatocystis taiwanensis
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Hepatocystis taiwanensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Hepatocystis |
Species: | H. taiwanensis
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Binomial name | |
Hepatocystis taiwanensis Garnham 1951
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Hepatocystis taiwanensis is a species of parasitic protozoa. They are transmitted by flies of the genus Culicoides and infect monkeys.[1]
Taxonomy[]
This species was described in 1941 by Yokogawa in Formosan rock macque (Macaca cyclopis). It was reclassified as a species of Hepatocystis by Garnham in 1951.
Distribution[]
This species is found in Taiwan.
Hosts[]
This species infects Formosan rock macacque (Macaca cyclopis).
References[]
- ^ Taylor MA, Coop RL, Wall RL (2015). Veterinary Parasitology (4 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 148. ISBN 9781119073680. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
Categories:
- Parasites of Diptera
- Parasites of primates
- Haemosporida
- Infectious disease stubs
- Apicomplexa stubs