Reassignment of Haemogregarina annularis from the Blood of Tarentola annularis to the Genus Hepatozoon Based on the Parasite Morphology and 18S rDNA Sequence Analysis.

Our morphological comparison supported that the two previously described Haemogregarina species were the same and allowed us to consider Haemogregarina tarentannulari as a junior synonym of Haemogregarina annularis. Our phylogenetic analysis gave us the opportunity to reassign Haemogregarina annularis to the genus Hepatozoon and being identified as Hepatozoon annularis n. comb.