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Paraplasmodium is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic eukaryotes. The subgenus was created by Telford in 1988. Species in this subgenus infect lizards.
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Diagnostic features
Species in the subgenus Paraplasmodium have the following characteristics:
The gametocytes are large.
The schizonts are medium size.
Exoerythrocytic schizonts may be produced in both fixed and wandering host cells.
Note:
One species (Plasmodium mexicanum) in this genus can undergo normal sporogony in a psychodid fly (Lutzomyia vexatrix).
Species in this subgenus
References
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