Plasmodium sp.

Chavatte, Jean-Marc, Grès, Virginie, Snounou, Georges, Chabaud, Alain & Landau, Irène, 2009, Plasmodium (Apicomplexa) of the skylark (Alauda arvensis), Zoosystema 31 (2), pp. 369-383 : 380

Plasmodium sp.

( Fig. 3B, F )

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: France. Landes , Saint- Julien-en-Born, 44°03’42’’N, 1°13’33’’W, blood smear of A. arvensis number 740U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2 -XXV, 24-43); 741U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2 -XXV, 44-64).

DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the type locality, Saint-Julien-en-Born, Landes, France.

HOST. — Alauda arvensis (type host).

REMARKS

This parasite of the skylark is close to P. rouxi . A detailed description will be published in another work on the tetranucleate Plasmodium . This species differs from P. rouxi principally by its rounded shape that contrasts with the rectangular P. rouxi , and by the disposition of the protruding nuclei in a semi-circle rather than as two opposed bunches as in P. rouxi .

Figures

FIG. 3.— A, Plasmodium jeanriouxi Chavatte & Landau,n.sp.; A1, trophozoite;A2-A7, schizonts;A8, A10, microgamtocytes;A9, A11, macrogametocytes;B1-B5, Plasmodium sp.,schizonts;C, Plasmodium hexamerium Huff,1935,schizont;D-J, photomicrograph of holotypes of the newly described species of Plasmodium from Alauda arvensis Linnaeus,1758;D, P. caloti n.sp.; E, P.relictum quentini n. subsp.; F, Plasmodium sp.; G, P. reniai n. sp.; H, P. ginsburgi n. sp.; I, P. coluzzii n. sp.; J, P. jeanriouxi n. sp. Scale bars: 10 μm.