Molecular and morphological characterization of Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) ptilotis, a parasite infecting Australian honeyeaters (Meliphagidae), with remarks on prevalence and potential cryptic speciation

• Published in: Parasitology Research
• Main Authors: Clark, Nick, D. Adlard, Robert, Clegg, Sonya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2015
• Subjects: Terrestrial Ecology; Griffith; Queensland; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/69201; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4380-8

Avian Haemoproteus (Haemosporida) parasites occur in birds on all continents apart from Antarctica. Molecular screening techniques have uncovered previously unforeseen levels of Haemoproteus lineage diversity; however, fewer than 20 % of genetic parasite lineages have been linked to morphological de...