A Check‐List of the Species of the Genus <i>Haemoproteus</i> (Apicomplexa, Plasmodiidae)*

Abstract

SYNOPSIS. A list of the presumably valid named species of the genus Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Apicomplexa, Plasmodiidae) is given. It includes 133 species, 5 varieties and 1 subspecies. One new species is named: H. serini n. sp. for the form in the canary Serinus canarius called H. zuenyoni by Sergent &amp; Sergent (90). The following emendations are made: H. aegyptius for H. cellii var. aegyptius Mohammed, 1958; H. cellii for H. noctuae var. cellii Coatney &amp; Roudabush, 1937; H. hirundinis for H. danilewskii var. hirundinis Sergent &amp; Sergent, 1905; H. tinnunculus for H. danilewskyi var. tinnunculus Wasielewski &amp; Wiilker, 1918; H. crumenius for H. crumenium (Hirst, 1905) Coatney, 1936; H. mathislegeri for H. herodiadis var. mathislegeri Mohammed, 1958; H. nebraskensis for H. noctuae var. nebraskensis Coatney &amp; Roudabush, 1937; H. rileyi for Hoemoproteus rileyi Malkani, 1936; H. sauianae for H. sd‐vianae Tendeiro, 1947; H. asturisdussumieri for H. asturis‐dussumieri de Mello, 1935 emend. de Mello, 1937; H. xantholemae for H. xantholaemi Zargar, 1945. Of the 133 named species, 114 occur in birds, 16 in reptiles and 3 in amphibia; 14 orders and 47 families of birds are represented. The generic names Halteridium LabbC, 1894, Haemocystidium Castellani &amp; Willey, 1904 and Simondia Garnham, 1966 are considered synonyms of Haemoproteus.