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{{Short description|Genus of single-celled organisms}}
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Subgenus [[subgenus Fallisia|Fallisia]]
*''[[Fallisia audaciosa]]''
*''[[Fallisia biporcati]]''
*''[[Fallisia copemani]]'' <ref name="PapernaLandau2016">{{cite journal|last1=Paperna|first1=I.|last2=Landau|first2=I.|title=''Fallisia copemani'' n. sp. (Haemosporidia: Garniidae) from the australian skink ''Carlia rhomboidalis''|journal=Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée|volume=65|issue=1|year=1990|pages=16–21|issn=0003-4150|doi=10.1051/parasite/1990651016|url=http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1990/01/parasite1990651p16/parasite1990651p16.html|doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref>
*''[[Fallisia effusa]]''
*''[[Fallisia modesta]]''
*''[[Fallisia siamense]]''
*''[[Fallisia simplex]]''
Subgenus [[Plasmodiodes]]
*''[[Fallisia neotropicalis]]''
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'''''Fallisia''''' is a genus of the family [[Plasmodiidae]].
The genus was created by Lainson, Landau and Shaw in 1974. A revision of the genus ''Plasmodium'' by Levine in 1985 considered this subgenus to be a synonym of ''Plasmodium''. The description of a new species ''Plasmodium siamense'' by Telford in 1986 lead to a resurrection of this as a subgenus. Further revision of its taxonomic status has led to its elevation to genus status.
[[Species]] in this genus infect [[bird]]s and [[lizard]]s.
== Diagnostic features ==
Species in this genus have the following characteristics:
The [[schizont]]s and [[gametocyte]]s are found in the circulating [[leukocyte]]s and [[thromobcyte]]s.
Pigment is absent.
== Subgenera ==
There are two recognised subgena - ''Fallisia'' Telford 1998 and ''[[Plasmodiodes]]'' Gabaldon, Ulloa & Zerpa 1985. Species in ''Fallisia'' infect lizards and those in ''Plasmodiodes'' infect birds.
Until confirmed by molecular methods this classification should be regarded as tentative.
== Host distribution ==
These species infect lizards of the [[Iguanidae]] and [[Teiidae]]. They may also infect the [[Scincidae]].
== Distribution==
These parasites are found in the [[Neotropics|Neotropical]] area.
== References ==
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