Plasmodium dorsti Chavatte & Landau, 2007

Chavatte, Jean-Marc, Grès, Virginie, Snounou, Georges, Chabaud, Alain & Landau, Irène, 2009, Plasmodium (Apicomplexa) of the skylark (Alauda arvensis), Zoosystema 31 (2), pp. 369-383 : 372-374

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/z2009n2a8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15006166
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6029414C-FF9A-3A64-DBFD-FA7AFE14FCA9
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scientific name	Plasmodium dorsti Chavatte & Landau, 2007
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — France. Landes, Saint-Julienen-Born , 44°03’42’’N, 1°13’33’’W, blood smears of A. arvensis number 738U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2-XXV , 1-23) GoogleMaps ; 740U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2-XXV , 24-43) ; 741U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2-XXV , 44-64) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Seine-Saint-Denis, France ( Chavatte et al. 2007); new record for the Landes, France.

HOSTS. — Pica pica (type host); new record for Alauda arvensis .

REMARKS

The examined specimens are closely similar to P. dorsti from the magpie. This large species lies in a little or non-enlarged RBC whose nucleus is pushed to one of the extremities. The schizonts that fill three-quarters of the RBC, are elongated with irregular shapes and contours. The oldest schizonts observed had 26 nuclei. In contrast to what is observed in the magpie, RBCs in the skylark, are neither deformed nor discoloured.