THE LEUCOCYTOZOIDAE OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS. REDESCRIPTION OF LEUCOCYTOZOON STRUTHIONIS WALKER, 1912

Summary

Bennett, G.F., Huchzermeyer, F.W., Burger, W.P. & Earle, R.A., 1992. The Leucocytozoidae of South African Birds. Redescription of Leucocytozoon struthionis Walker, 1912. Ostrich 63:83-85.

Leucocytozoon struthionis Walker, 1912 is redescribed from blood smears prepared from ostriches in the Little Karoo area near Oudtshoorn, Republic of South Africa. Neohapantotype and paraneohapantotype material is designated. The redescription includes newly derived morphometric parameters not considered at the time of the original description. It is suggested that the ostrich may be an abnormal host.