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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Chromatorida |
| Family: | Haemoproteidae |
| Genus: | Haemoproteus |
| Species: | H. homovelans |
| Binomial name | |
| Haemoproteus homovelans Dimitrov et al., 2014 | |
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Haemoproteus 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.
References
- Dimitrov, Dimitar; Zehtindjiev, Pavel; Bensch, Staffan; Ilieva, Mihaela; Iezhova, Tatjana; Valkiūnas, Gediminas (2014). "Two new species of Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from European birds, with emphasis on DNA barcoding for detection of haemosporidians in wildlife". Systematic Parasitology. 87 (2): 135–151. doi:10.1007/s11230-013-9464-1. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 24474037. S2CID 14160443.
Further reading
- Tostes, Raquel, et al. "Molecular Characterization and Biochemical and Histopathological Aspects of the Parasitism of Haemoproteus spp. in Southern Caracaras (Caracara plancus)." Journal of Parasitology 101.6 (2015): 687–693.
- Golemansky, Vassil. "Checklist of Haemosporidian and Piroplasmid Parasites (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida and Pirolasmorida) of Man and Animals in Bulgaria."
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