hepatocystis pteropi hepatocystis pteropi hepatocystis pteropi is a species of parasitic protozoa. the vertebrate hosts are mammals. hepatocystis pteropi scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: hepatocystis species: h. pteropi binomial name hepatocystis pteropi(breinl, 1913) synonyms plasmodium pteropi breinl, 1913 hosts this species was described by breinl in 1913 in the black flying fox (pteropus gouldii). it has also been found in pteropus conspicillatus, and pteropus scapulatus. distribution the species has been found in asia and australia.