Hepatocystis pteropti

Hepatocystis pteropti is a species of parasitic protozoa. The vertebrate hosts are mammals.

Hepatocystis pteropti
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Hepatocystis
Species:
H. pteropti
Binomial name
Hepatocystis pteropti

Hosts

This species was described in the Oriental fruit bats Pteropus gouldii, Pteropus conspicillatus, and Pteropus scapulatus.[1]

Distribution

The species has been found in Asia and Australia.[1]

References
  1. Kreir, Julius. Gregarines, Haemogregarines, Coccidia, Plasmodia, and Haemoproteids. Elsevier. p. 260. ISBN 9780323163255.


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