Haemoproteus homovelans | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | SAR |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Haemoproteidae |
Genus: | Haemoproteus |
Species: | H. homovelans |
Binomial name | |
Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) homovelans Dimitrov et al., 2014 |
Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) homovelans is a parasite first found in the Grey-faced Woodpecker, Picus canus, in Bulgaria. Haemoproteus homovelans has circumnuclear that lack volutin granules. The species is similar to Haemoproteus velans, yet the latter's gametocytes are overfilled with volutin.