Colección Biológica del grupo de Estudios Relación Parásito Hospedero

Plasmodium () homopolare (Walther et al., 2014)

Taxonomic hierarchy

Reino Protista Phylum Order Hemosporidian Family Plasmodidae Genus Plasmodium homopolare

Type Host

GERPH Scientific name Collection GenBank number

None Melospiza melodia KJ482708 Typical stages of P. homopolare A) Trophozoite reported B)Meront C) Macrogametocytes D) Microgametocyte; Bar = 10 μm.

Host With Material Deposited in GERPH

Collection Scientific name Status GenBank number Atlapetes KF537280 GERPH-04815-7 None reported albinucha KF537287 GERPH-04822-4 GERPH-05318-21 KF537291 GERPH-05603-5 Zonotrichia KF537286 GERPH-05617-20 None reported capensis KF537281 GERPH-05368-71 KF537289 GERPH-05349-51 GERPH-04801-3 GERPH-07316-8 KF537278 Myiothlypis GERPH-04761-5 None reported KF537288 coronata GERPH05415-6 KF537294 Anisognathus GERPH-05431-3 None reported KF537289 somptuosus Chlorospingus GERPH-07336-9 None reported None reported flavigularis Myioborus GERPH-04825-9 None reported None reported ornatus To identify this species is necessary to pay attention to the strictly polar position of erythrocyte trophozoites and meronts, this characteristic is shared by P. Main Characters polare but the latter produces larger meronts composed maximum by 16 merozoites, compared to P. homopolare which produces maximum 8 merozoites per meront. Specimen Category Blood smear and DNA Altitudinal Distribution in Colombia Los Nevados NNP 450 – 1600 m a.s.l distribution

Global Distribution North and South America

Pathology Unknow Vectors Unknow

Bibliography Supported by: Departamento Administrativo de - Walther, E. L., Valkiūnas, G., González, A. D., Matta, N. E., Ricklefs, R. E., Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación COLCIENCIAS Cornel, A., & Sehgal, R. N. (2014). Description, molecular characterization, and patterns of distribution of a widespread New World (contracts Nos. 556- 2014, 0737-2013 and 359-2011) parasite (: ), Plasmodium (Novyella) Contact: [email protected] homopolare sp. nov. Parasitology research, 113(9), 3319-3332.

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