Haemoproteus timalus Bishop, Bennett & Peirce, 1991

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 : 223-224

Haemoproteus timalus Bishop, Bennett & Peirce, 1991

Locality. – Malaysia: Fraser’s Hill , May 2003. Type species. – Turdoides rubiginosus (Africa) .

Description and remarks. – The gametocyte lacks the projections described in the type material (from the African host, see comments to Hae. timalus from Garrulax spp. ). The erythrocytes infected by macrogametocytes are 13.6 ± 0.61 × 5.7 ± 0.52 in size, with 5.7 ± 0.54 × 2.1 ± 1.15 nucleus and NDR 0.79 ± 0.06. The microgametocyte-infected erythrocytes are 13.8 ± 0.46 × 6.1 ± 0.32 in size, with 5.5 ± 0.65 × 2.4 ± 0.28 nucleus and NDR 0.78 ± 0.16. The macrogametocytes are 11.6 ± 1.48 (cross: 10.5 ± 0.52) × 1.2 ± 0.38 in size and 2.7 ± 0.84 × 1.5 ± 0.45 nucleus; their distal ends are expanded; the nucleus is located in this distal part. The microgametocytes are 11.2 ± 0.44 (cross 10.8 ± 0.50) × 1.5 ± 0.27 in size with inconspicuous nucleus. The pigment granules in both gametocytes number six to eleven; some are robust/large and often clumped into one to two aggregates.