plasmodium tyrio plasmodium tyrio plasmodium tyrio is a parasite of the genus plasmodium. as in all plasmodium species, p. tyrio has both vertebrate and insect hosts. its only known vertebrate host is the chinese pangolin. plasmodium tyrio scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. tyrio binomial name plasmodium tyriode mello et al., 1928 taxonomy the parasite was first described by de mello, fernandes, correia and lobo in 1928. hosts the only known host of this species is the chinese pangolin (manis pentadactyla).