Paleohaemoproteus

Paleohaemoproteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	†Paleohaemoproteus
Species
	†Paleohaemoproteus burmacis;

Paleohaemoproteus is an extinct genus of Haemoproteus like organisms.

The type species and only known example is that of an isolate found in the abdominal cavity of a female biting midge trapped 100 million years ago in amber found in Myanmar.^[1]

The amber has been dated to the Early Cretaceous epoch.

References

^ Poinar G, Telford SR (2005). "Paleohaemoproteus burmacis gen. n., sp. n. (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) from an Early Cretaceous biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)". Parasitology. 131 (1): 79–84. doi:10.1017/S0031182005007298. PMID 16038399.

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[Poinar2005-1] Poinar G, Telford SR (2005). "Paleohaemoproteus burmacis gen. n., sp. n. (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) from an Early Cretaceous biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)". Parasitology. 131 (1): 79–84. doi:10.1017/S0031182005007298. PMID 16038399.

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