title: Haemoproteus bennetti sp. n. and a review of the haemoproteids from the Picidae (woodpeckers).
abstract: Haemoproteus velans Coatney and Roudabush 1937 and H. borgesi Tendeiro 1947 are redescribed and illustrated. Haemoproteus bennetti sp. n. is described. Haemoproteid records from woodpeckers are listed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*