Paleohaemoproteus burmacis gen. n., sp. n. (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) from an Early Cretaceous biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-84

  Poinar Jr , G ^a   Telford Jr , S R ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil malarial parasite; Haemospororida; Paleohaemoproteus burmacis gen. n., sp. n.; Plasmodiidae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CRETACEOUS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PALEOHAEMOPROTEUS BURMACIS; PARASITE VECTOR; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPOROZOITE;

AMBER; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HAEMOSPORIDA; OOCYSTS; SPOROZOITES;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA; HAEMOPROTEUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22444449419     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007298     Document Type: Article

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