Plasmodium pinotti

Plasmodium pinotti is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Giovannolaia".
Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. pinotti" has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description.
The parasite was first described by Muniz and Soares in 1954. It was named after the Dr Mario Pinotti.
Systematics.
It is related to the following species
"Plasmodium asanum"<br>
"Plasmodium circumflexum"<br>
"Plasmodium durae"<br>
"Plasmodium fallax"<br>
"Plasmodium formosanum"<br>
"Plasmodium gabaldoni"<br>
"Plasmodium hegneri"<br>
"Plasmodium lophrae"<br>
"Plasmodium pediocetti"<br>
"Plasmodium polare"
Geographical occurrence.
This species is found in Jamaica.
Clinical features and host pathology.
Known hosts of this species include the bananaquit ("Coereba flaveola"), orangequit ("Euneornis campestris"), yellow-shouldered grassquit ("Loxipasser anoxanthus"), the large toucan ("Ramphastos toco") and the black-faced grassquit ("Tiaris bicolor").