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