plasmodium pinotti plasmodium pinotti plasmodium pinotti is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus giovannolaia. plasmodium pinotti scientific classification kingdom: protista phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemosporida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. pinotti binomial name plasmodium pinotti like all plasmodium species p. pinotti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. description the parasite was first described by muniz and soares in 1954. it was named after mario pinotti. geographical occurrence this species is found in jamaica. clinical features and host pathology known hosts of this species include the bananaquit (coereba flaveola), orangequit (euneornis campestris), yellow-shouldered grassquit (loxipasser anoxanthus), large toucan (ramphastos toco) and black-faced grassquit (tiaris bicolor).