The Haemoproteidae are a family of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.Euzéby J (1988) Comparative Medical Protozoology, Vol. 3: Apicomplexa, 2: Haemosporidioses, Part 1: Plasmodiids, Haemoproteids, Piroplasms (general characters
The species in this family produce pigment and do not have an asexual cycle in the blood.
Taxonomy
The genera in this family are:
Genus Johnsprentia Landau, Chavatte & Beveridge, 2012Landau I., Chavatte J.M. & Beveridge I. Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae), a parasite of the flying-fox, Pteropus alecto (Pteropodidae), from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 2012, 56, 61–66. Genus Haemocystidium Castellani and Willey, 1904, emend. Telford, 1996 Genus Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 Subgenus Parahaemoproteus Bennett et al., 1965 Subgenus Haemoproteus Genus Paleohaemoproteus Poinar and Telford, 2005 Genus Sprattiella Landau et al., 2012
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