Avian Haemoproteidae. I. Description of Haemoproteus fallisi n. sp. and a review of the haemoproteids of the family Turdidae

Abstract

Haemoproteus fallisi n. sp. is described from the American robin. Turdus migratorius L. Other hosts and geographical range are cited and a summary of haemoproteid infections in the Turdidae is included. H. fallisi is compared with other haemoproteids described from the Turdidae, H. moruony de Mello and Braz de Sa is synonomized with H. fringillae and H. orizivora. H. geocichla Cleland and Johnson is considered to be a nomen nudum. Haemoproteus danilewskyi, also recorded from the Turdidae, is distinguished from H. fallisi by its larger size and by the fact that it surrounds the host cell nucleus and occupies nearly all of the host cell cytoplasm.