plasmodium megaglobularis plasmodium megaglobularis plasmodium megaglobularis is a species of malaria-causing parasite in the genus plasmodium, subgenus novyella. as in all plasmodium species, p. megaglobularis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. plasmodium megaglobularis scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. megaglobularis binomial name plasmodium megaglobularisvalkiūnas et al., 2008 taxonomy the parasite was first described by valkiūnas et al. in 2008. distribution this parasite is found in ghana and cameroon. hosts p. megaglobularis infects the olive sunbird (cyanomitra olivacea).