plasmodium achromaticum plasmodium achromaticum plasmodium achromaticum is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus vinckeia. plasmodium achromaticum scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. achromaticum binomial name plasmodium achromaticumyakimoff and stolinikoff, 1912 as in all plasmodium species, p. achromaticum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals. taxonomy the parasite was first described by yakimoff and stolinikoff in 1912. vectors not known. hosts the only known host for this species is the bat achromaticum versperuginus.