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Plasmodium dominicana
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Clade:
Diaphoretickes
Clade:
SAR
Clade:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Apicomplexa
Class:
Aconoidasida
Order:
Haemospororida
Family:
Plasmodiidae
Genus:
Plasmodium
Species:
P. dominicana
Binomial name
Plasmodium dominicana
Poinar, 2005
Plasmodium dominicana is an extinct parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
The species is only known from a mosquito fossil, dating from the Cenozoic era, that was found embedded in amber. The mosquito vector was identified as Culex malariager. The fossil was found in what is now the Dominican Republic.[1][2]
The vertebrate host of this species is unknown but it seems likely that it may have been a bird.
^Poinar G Jr. (2005) Plasmodium dominicana n. sp. (Plasmodiidae: Haemospororida) from Tertiary Dominican amber. Syst. Parasitol. 61(1):47-52.
^John P. Roche (2016). "Did the Malaria Parasite First Evolve in the Insect Vector or the Vertebrate Host?". Entomology Today. March 18, 2016.
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