The haemoproteids of the avian family Phasianidae

The haemoproteids of the avian family Phasianidae are reviewed. Haemoproteus lophortyx O'Roke, 1929 and H. rileyi Malkani, 1936 of the Phasianinae and H. pratasi Tendeiro, 1947 of the Numidinae are redescribed. Four species of haemoproteids from the Phasianinae (H. chukari Tartakovskii, 1913, H. coturnix Musaev &Zeiniev, 1977, H. perdix Musaev &Zeiniev, 1977, and H. gallinarum Yakunin &Zhazyltaev, 1977) are considered nomina nuda; H. santosdiasi Son, 1960, H. chapini van den Berghe et al., 1958, H. bambusicolae Manwell et al., 1976, and H. ammoperdix Subkhonov, 1980 are considered synonyms of H. rileyi. Haemoproteus silvai Son, 1960 is considered a synonym of H. pratasi of the Numidinae while H. balfouri Sambon, 1909 is designated a nomen nudum. Haemoproteus canachites Fallis &Bennett, 1960 and H. rotundus Oliger, 1956 are considered synonyms of H. mansoni Castellani &Chalmers, 1910, while H. stableri White &Bennett, 1979 is the other valid haemoproteid of the Tetraoninae. Haemoproteus meleagridis Levine, 1961 is the only species described from the Meleagridinae. The 18 species of haemoproteids of four subfamilies of the Phasianidae are now reduced to 6 species.