plasmodium pulmophilium plasmodium pulmophilium plasmodium pulmophilium is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus vinckeia. like all plasmodium species, p. pulmophilium has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals. plasmodium pulmophilium scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. pulmophilium binomial name plasmodium pulmophiliumkillick-kendrick, 1973 description plasmodium pulmophilium was described from the blood of flying squirrels in the ivory coast. distribution plasmodium pulmophilium has only been described in the ivory coast. hosts plasmodium pulmophilium has only been described from the blood of anomalurus peli. it is not known if it causes disease in this host.