plasmodium inui plasmodium inui plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian plasmodium that cause malaria in old world monkeys. plasmodium inui scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. inui binomial name plasmodium inuihalberstaedter and von prowazek, 1907 history this species was described in 1907 by halberstaedter and von prowazek. epidemiology this species is found in china and also the celebes, indonesia, malaysia and the philippines. phylogenetics it is closely related to other 'quartan' plasmodium species, including plasmodium coatneyi, plasmodium cynomolgi, plasmodium fragile, plasmodium fieldi, plasmodium hylobati, plasmodium simiovale and plasmodium vivax (which is a 'tertian' plasmodium species). life cycle the life cycle is typical of a species of the genus plasmodium. it has a 72-hour (or quartan) periodicity. salivary gland sporozoites appear in anopheles dirus 13 days post feeding. the prepatent period in the vertebrate host is 8 days. vectors anopheles dirus hosts assamese macaques (macaca assamensis) long tailed macaques (macaca fascicularis)