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Table 3 Blood meal source of mosquitoes harbouring identified blood parasite lineages

From: Avian malaria parasites in the last supper: identifying encounters between parasites and the invasive Asian mosquito tiger and native mosquito species in Italy

Parasite genus

Lineage

Mosquito species

Hosts

Times isolated

Known distribution

Plasmodium

AFTRU5

Cx. pipiens

Turdus merula

1

Africa, Asia, Europe*

 

Delurb4

Cx. pipiens

Numida meleagris

1

Asia, Europe

   

Passer domesticus

1

 
 

GRW11

Cx. pipiens

Passer domesticus

1

Africa, Asia, Europe

 

LINN1

Cx. pipiens

Turdus merula

6

Asia, Europe, Oceanía**

   

Passer montanus

1

 
   

Athene noctua

1

 
  

Cx. hortensis

Podarcis muralis

1

 
 

SGS1

Cx. pipiens

Passer domesticus

4

Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania

   

Passer montanus

1

 
   

Turdus merula

1

 
   

Gallus gallus

1

 
 

SYAT05

Cx. pipiens

Turdus merula

41

Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceanía

   

Meleagris gallopavo

1

 
   

Passer domesticus

2

 
   

Podarcis muralis

1

 
  

Ae. albopictus

Turdus merula

1

 

Haemoproteus

TURDUS2

Cx. pipiens

Turdus merula

3

America, Asia, Europe

 

hCircum05

Cx. pipiens

Pica pica

1

Europe

 

hItCxpip01

Cx. pipiens

Pica pica

2

Europe

 

Padom3

Cx. pipiens

Passer montanus

1

Europe

  1. Previous known distribution of parasites according to Malavi database is recorded [36]. *Aftru5 was detected in birds in captivity in Oceania. **LINN1 was also isolated from whole unengorged mosquitoes in America [25].