Haemoproteus nucleocondensus n. sp. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from a eurasian songbird, the great reed warbler acrocephalus arundinaceus

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3441, 2012, Pages 36-46

  Križanauskiene, Asta ^a   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a   Palinauskas, Vaidas ^a   Chernetsov, Nikita ^b   Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Avian Haemosporidians; Barcoding; Haemoproteus; Microscopy; New species; PCR

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; PASSERI;

EID: 84865676739     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3441.1.3     Document Type: Article

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