title: Avian haematozoa: some taxonomic and nomenclatural problems arising from the Russian literature.
abstract: It is evident from a survey of the Russian literature that many species of avian haematozoa recorded do not meet the basic criteria required by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Thus 28 species of Haemoproteus and 4 species of Leucocytozoon are considered to be nomina nuda, while 1 species, Leucocytozoon turtur orientalis is a synonym of L. marchouxi.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000145:classification*; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014586:USSR