plasmodium parahexamerium plasmodium parahexamerium plasmodium parahexamerium is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus novyella. as in all plasmodium species, p. parahexamerium has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. plasmodium parahexamerium scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. parahexamerium binomial name plasmodium parahexameriumvalkiūnas et al., 2009 taxonomy the parasite was first described by valkiūnas et al. in 2009. distribution this parasite is found in west africa. vectors not known. hosts p. parahexamerium infects the white-tailed alethe (alethe diademata).