Lonchura fuscans (Cassin) (Estrildidae)

Paperna, Ilan, Keong, Malcolm Soh Chu & May, Charlotte Yap Aye, 2008, Haemosporozoan Parasites Found In Birds In Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak And Java, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (2), pp. 211-243 : 224

Lonchura fuscans (Cassin) (Estrildidae)

Haemoproteus orizivorae Anschutz, 1909 (Table 7)

Locality. – Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type host. – Lonchura orizivora (L.) imported to Buenos Aires (Anchultz 1909); later findings: Lon. orizivora , West Java, Lon . punctata, Bangkok, Lon . malabarica, Gujarat State India (Bennett & Peirce, 1991).

Remarks. – The gametocytes grow around the nucleus of the host erythrocyte, but never enclose it completely. Fully-grown gametocytes fill the erythrocyte’s entire space by displacing its nucleus. Growing gametocytes initially adhere to the nucleus and contain approximately 20 small to medium-sized pigment granules. The macrogametocyte cytoplasm is granular and consists of minute vacuoles; the macrogametocyte nucleus is conspicuously large [not mentioned in Valkiunas, 1997 (2005), but shown in his Figures].