Avian Haemoproteidae. 9. Description of Haemoproteus stellaris n.sp. and a review of the haemoproteids of the swallow family Hirundinidae
Abstract
<jats:p> The haemoproteids of the family Hirundinidae are reviewed. Haemoproteus stellaris n.sp., a haemoproteid with extremely large pigment granules arranged in a distinctive pattern, is described. Haemoproteus prognei Coatney and Roudabush, 1937 is redescribed. The statuses of Haemoproteus hirundinis (Sergent and Sergent, 1905) emend. Levine and Campbell, 1971 and Haemoproteus chelidonis Franchini, 1922 are reviewed; H. hirundinis is considered a valid species but H. chelidonis is considered to be a species inquirenda. </jats:p>
