plasmodium cyclopsi plasmodium cyclopsi plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus vinckeia. plasmodium cyclopsi scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. cyclopsi binomial name plasmodium cyclopsilandau and chabaud, 1978 like all plasmodium species p. cyclopsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals. taxonomy the parasite was first described by landau and chabaud in 1978. distribution this species was described in gabon. hosts the only known host species for this parasite is the cyclops roundleaf bat (hipposideros cyclops).