title: Systematic revision of the adeleid haemogregarines, with creation of Bartazoon n. g., reassignment of Hepatozoon argantis Garnham, 1954 to Hemolivia, and molecular data on Hemolivia stellata.
abstract: Life cycles and molecular data for terrestrial haemogregarines are reviewed in this article. Collection material was re-examined: Hepatozoon argantis Garnham, 1954 in Argas brumpti was reassigned to Hemolivia as Hemolivia argantis (Garnham, 1954) n. comb.; parasite DNA was extracted from a tick crush on smear of an archived slide of Hemolivia stellata in Amblyomma rotondatum, then the 18S ssrRNA gene was amplified by PCR. A systematic revision of the group is proposed, based on biological life cycles and phylogenetic reconstruction. Four types of life cycles, based on parasite vector, vertebrate host and the characteristics of their development, are defined. We propose combining species, based on their biology, into four groups (types I, II, III and IV). The characters of each type are defined and associated with a type genus and a type species. The biological characters of each type are associated with a different genus and a type species. The phylogenetic reconstruction with sequences deposited in the databases and our own new sequence of Hemolivia stellata is consistent with this classification. The classification is as follows: Type I, Hepatozoon Miller, 1908, type species H. perniciosum Miller, 1908; Type II, Karyolysus Labbé, 1894, type species K. lacertae (Danilewsky, 1886) Reichenow, 1913; Type III Hemolivia Petit et al., 1990, type species H. stellata, Petit et al., 1990; and Type IV: Bartazoon n. g., type species B. breinli (Mackerras, 1960).
authors.affiliation: UMR 7245 MCAM MNHN CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, CP 52, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Grégory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karadjian
authors.affiliation: Malaria Reference Centre - National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, 3 Biopolis Drive, Synapse #05-14/16, Singapore 138623.
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chavatte
authors.affiliation: UMR 7245 MCAM MNHN CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, CP 52, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Irène
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Landau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D001483:Base Sequence; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D003044:Coccidia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D059018:DNA Contamination; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D058507:Host Specificity; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000469:parasitology; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D010802:Phylogeny; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S