plasmodium hegneri plasmodium hegneri plasmodium hegneri is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus giovannolaia. like all plasmodium species p. hegneri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. plasmodium hegneri scientific classification kingdom: protista phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemosporida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. hegneri binomial name plasmodium hegneri description the parasite was first described by manwell and kuntz in 1966. it is related to the following species plasmodium asanum plasmodium circumflexum plasmodium durae plasmodium fallax plasmodium formosanum plasmodium gabaldoni plasmodium lophrae plasmodium lophrae plasmodium pediocetti plasmodium pinotti plasmodium polare geographical occurrence this species was originally isolated in taiwan but is likely to be much more widespread. clinical features and host pathology this species infects the common or european teal (anas crecca).