Plasmodium jiangi
| Plasmodium jiangi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. jiangi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium jiangi He and Huang, 1993 | |
Plasmodium jiangi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. jiangi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Distribution
This species occurs in China.
Hosts
The only known host of this species is the red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus).
References
Islam, K., and R. N. Williams. 2000. Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) and Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus). In The Birds of North America, No. 520 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.