plasmodium brodeni plasmodium brodeni plasmodium brodeni is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus vinckeia. as in all plasmodium species, p. brodeni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals. plasmodium brodeni scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. brodeni binomial name plasmodium brodenirodhain at al., 1913 taxonomy the parasite was first described by rodhain at al. in 1913. distribution this species is found in the congo, sudan and probably in other parts of africa. hosts the only known host is the elephant shrew (petrodomus and elephantulus species).