Leucocytozoon sp.

Paperna, Ilan, Keong, Malcolm Soh Chu & May, Charlotte Yap Aye, 2008, Haemosporozoan Parasites Found In Birds In Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak And Java, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (2), pp. 211-243 : 227

Leucocytozoon sp. 10

( Fig. 13 )

Locality. – Malaysia: Fraser’s Hill , Aug.2001 .

Description. – One macrogametocyte found, 7.3 × 6.9 in size, 23.8 perimeter, and 2.8 × 2.4 nucleus with visible karyosome. The cytoplasm contains vacuoles. The 12.6 host-cell nucleus covers 53% of the gametocyte.

Remarks. – Entirely different from Leucocytozoon sp. found in vagrant Ori. oriolus in Israel (Paperna, unpublished data).

Figures

Fig. 13. Lecocytozoon sp. 7, macrogametocyte, from Leiohtrix argentauris (right), Leucocytozoon sp. 10, macrogametocyte from Oriolus cruentus (left), Malaysia.