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Table 4 Exoerythrocytic stages reported in different avian Leucocytozoon parasites

From: Exo-erythrocytic development of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites

Subgenus and species

Stage

Reference

Meront

Megalomeront

Leucocytozoon

 Leucocytozoon artamidis

+

+

[174]

 L. berestneffi

+

−a

[4, 175, 176]

 L. danilewskyi

+

+

[177]

 L. dubreuili

+

−

[178–180]

 L. fringillinarum

+

−

[179]

 L. lovati

+

+

[181–183]

 L. macleani

+

−

[184, 185]

 L. marchouxi

−

+

[186]

 L. podargii

−

+

[187]

 L. sakharoffi

+

+

[176, 188–192]

 L. simondi

+

+

[162, 166, 193–209]

 L. smithi

+

−

[210–213]

 L. tawaki

+

−

[214, 215]

Akiba

 L. caulleryi

+

+

[216–227]

  1. Only parasites, which species identification was supported by morphological or molecular identifications were included in this table. Reports of unidentified parasites or the parasites of undetermined or questionable taxonomic status were not included. To date, approximately 40 Leucocytozoon species were described, and 694 lineages of these parasites were reported (according to MalAvi database, http://mbio-serv2.mbioekol.lu.se/Malavi)
  2. aExoerythrocytic stages were not seen