Haemoproteus homovelans explained

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.^[1]

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."

Notes and References

1. Dimitrov. Dimitar. Zehtindjiev. Pavel. Bensch. Staffan. Ilieva. Mihaela. Iezhova. Tatjana. Valkiūnas. Gediminas. 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. 2014. 135–151. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-013-9464-1. 24474037 . 14160443 .