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Vinckeia

Vinckeia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium — all of which are parasitic alveolates. The subgenus Vinckeia was created by Cyril Garnham in 1964 to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting the primates.[1][2]

Diagnostic features[edit]

Species in this subgenus infect mammals other than the higher primates. Species infecting lemurs have since been included in this subgenus. This classification may not be correct.[3]


Schizonts: These do not fill the erythrocyte and do not show true stippling. They give rise normally to 8 or fewer merozoites. Schizogony normally takes three days or less.


Merozoites:


Gametocytes: These are spherical.

— insectivorous bat species

Plasmodium achromaticum

— African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)[4]

Plasmodium aegyptensis

— African flying squirrel (Anomalurus species)

Plasmodium anomaluri

— African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus), Large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus) and Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), Anopheles stephensi

Plasmodium atheruri

— the African woodland thicket rat (Grammomys surdaster), Anopheles stephensi

Plasmodium berghei

— the Malayan giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista[5][6]: 51,69 

Plasmodium booliati

Plasmodium bouillize

— four-toed elephant shrews (Petrodromus tetradactylus)

Plasmodium brodeni

— water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Plasmodium bubalis

Plasmodium bucki

— domestic goat (Capra hircus)

Plasmodium caprae

— the antelope (Cephalophus grimmi) and the common duiker/grey duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)[7]

Plasmodium cephalophi

Plasmodium cercopitheci

— Anopheles stephensi

Plasmodium chabaudi

Plasmodium coulangesi

— the Cyclops roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cyclops)[8]

Plasmodium cyclopsi

Plasmodium foleyi

Plasmodium girardi

— flying squirrel

Plasmodium incertae

Plasmodium inopinatum

Plasmodium joyeuxi

— African flying squirrels (Anomalurus species)

Plasmodium landauae

Plasmodium lemuris

— the common bent-wing bat/Schreibers' bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)

Plasmodium melanipherum

Plasmodium narayani

— white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plasmodium odocoilei

Plasmodium percygarnhami

— African flying squirrel (Anomalurus species)

Plasmodium pulmophilium

— the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus)

Plasmodium sandoshami

Plasmodium semnopitheci

— mouse deer

Plasmodium traguli

— the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)

Plasmodium tyrio

Plasmodium uilenbergi

– rodents

Plasmodium vinckei

— the Angolan rousette (a fruit bat, Myonycteris angolensis/Rousettus smithi)

Plasmodium voltaicum

— Formosan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista grandis)[9][6]: 69 

Plasmodium watteni

— Anopheles stephensi

Plasmodium yoelii

The following is a list of species in subgenus Vinckeia and their hosts.

Evolutionary history[edit]

Sharp et al 2020[10] reanalyze the available amino acid substitution data and conclude that chabaudi, yoelii, and berghei cluster relatively close together. Further they find chabaudi split off first and the berghei/yoelii division is more recent.[10]