Plasmodium (Apicomplexa) of the skylark (Alauda arvensis) Author Chavatte, Jean-Marc Author Grès, Virginie Author Snounou, Georges Author Chabaud, Alain Author Landau, Irène Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Parasitologie comparée et modèles expérimentaux, USM 307, case postale 52, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) landau @ mnhn. fr landau@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2009 2009-06-30 31 2 369 383 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2009n2a8 journal article 10.5252/z2009n2a8 1638-9387 5391006 Plasmodium hexamerium Huff, 1935 ( Fig. 3C ) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — France . Landes, Saint-Julien-en- Born, 44°03’42’’N , 1°13’33’’W , blood smears of A. arvensis number 741U, 25.X.1996 ( MNHN P2-XXV, 44-64). DISTRIBUTION. — Illinois , USA ( Huff 1935 ); Seine- Saint-Denis, France ( Chavatte et al. 2007 ); new record for the Landes, France . HOSTS . — Sialis sialis sialis , Huff (1935) ( type host) ; new record for Alauda arvensis . REMARKS As for the magpie, the small apical or sub-apical schizonts with 6 nuclei are indistinguishable from those of P. hexamerium .