plasmodium osmaniae plasmodium osmaniae plasmodium osmaniae is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus vinckeia. like all plasmodium species p. osmaniae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals. plasmodium osmaniae scientific classification kingdom: protista phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemosporida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. osmaniae binomial name plasmodium osmaniae description the parasite was first described by short in 1961. it was renamed plasmodium shortii by bray in 1963 and still later this species was then reclassified as plasmodium inui.